The last of the UK's E-3D Sentry airborne early warning and control aircraft have been retired, leaving the country with a capability gap until the eventual acquisition of the E-7 Wedgetail

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing E-3 Sentry - СШАUSA - 1972

The Typhoon fleet will also be cut to reduce costs, with the Tranche 1 aircraft due to be removed, leaving just 107 Tranche 2 and 3 fighters in service

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Eurofighter Typhoon / EF-2000 - InternationalInternational - 1994

The integration of the Brimstone 3A missile on the Typhoon fleet will be delayed until 2024

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Eurofighter Typhoon / EF-2000 - InternationalInternational - 1994

The BAe 146 fleet will be retired and replaced, it has emerged, with commercial business jets from French manufacture Dassault

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: BAe BAe-146 / RJ - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1981

Two UK F-35B Lightning II fighters being refuelled during transit from the US. The UK has apparently committed to another tranche of aircraft, although funding is being held separately

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Airbus A330 MRTT / KC-30 Voyager - InternationalInternational - 2007Lockheed F-35B Lightning II - СШАUSA - 2008

Another incoming type is the AH-64E attack helicopter from the US, the latest variant of the long-serving Apache platform

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: McDonnell Douglas AH-64D Apache Longbow - СШАUSA - 1991

The C-130J transporter fleet will also be removed from service, with no direct replacement

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules - СШАUSA - 1996