Gloster Javelin FAW.9/9R

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The Gloster Javelin is a twin-engined all-weather interceptor aircraft that served with Britain's Royal Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. It was a T-taileddelta-wing aircraft designed for night and all-weather operations and was the last aircraft design to bear the Gloster
name. Introduced in 1956 after a lengthy development period, the
aircraft received several upgrades during production to its engines,
radar and weapons, including support for the De Havilland Firestreakair-to-air missile.

The Javelin was succeeded in the interceptor role by the English Electric Lightning,
a supersonic aircraft capable of flying at more than double the
Javelin's top speed, which was introduced into the RAF only a few years
later. The Javelin served for much of its life alongside the Lightning;
the last Javelins were withdrawn from operational service in 1968
following the introduction of successively more capable versions of the
Lightning.

Gloster Javelin FAW.9R No.64 Squadron, Royal Air Force Tengah, Singapore, 1960s.

Gloster Javelin FAW.9 Aircraft flown by
Squadron Leader George H. Beaton, Commanding Officer, No.228
Operational Converstion Unit, Royal Air Force Leuchars & Binbrook
1966.

Gloster Javelin FAW.9/9R No.33
Squadron, Royal Air Force Middleton St George, County Durham, England,
1962. Aircraft now preserved at the Jet Age Museum.