SEPECAT Jaguar

The SEPECAT Jaguar is a twin‑engine, supersonic jet aircraft that entered service in the early 1970s as a collaborative effort between France and the United Kingdom. Although the programme was a joint venture, the airframe was primarily built by Breguet Aviation, later merged into the Dassault group, giving the aircraft a strong French design heritage. Designed as a ground‑attack and trainer platform, the Jaguar featured a low‑wing monoplane layout, rugged air‑frame construction, and a pair of afterburning SNECMA Atar or Rolls‑Royce Turbomeca Adour turbofan engines delivering up to 23 kN of thrust each. Its avionics suite included a navigation/attack radar, head‑up display and integrated weapons‑release system, allowing it to carry a wide variety of ordnance such as bombs, rockets, precision‑guided missiles and a 30 mm cannon. The aircraft proved highly adaptable, serving with the French Armée de l’Air, the Royal Air Force, India and several other nations. In combat, Jaguar sorties over the Falklands, the Gulf War and Balkan conflicts demonstrated its reliability, survivability and low‑level strike capability. The Jaguar’s long service life and export success cemented its reputation as a workhorse of Cold‑War tactical aviation, influencing later multirole designs.

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