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Eurofighter Shows Typhoon In “Beast Mode” With 14 Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-To-Air Missiles Eurofighter Shows Typhoon In “Beast Mode” With 14 Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-To-Air Missiles The image from Eurofighter World showing the Typhoon armed with 14 Meteor and two IRIS-T air-to-air missiles. (Photo: Eurofighter) The quite unlikely Typhoon’s “Beast Mode” configuration might hint at a possible “missile/bomb truck” role in support of 5th and 6th gen. fighter aircraft. Last week the Eurofighter website published the latest edition of its magazine Eurofighter World. A...

These planes are realiable and now come packed with better technology and lots more missiles. A late derivative of a mid-1970s platform, Boeing’s F-15EX fighter jet isn’t a particularly innovative product. Why then, is the Air Force buying as many as 144 of these fighters? For one, they can carry loads of missiles. In a move that reportedly surprised even the Air Force, the Defense Department has procured 144 units of the F-15EX, an advanced F-15 variant. The decision was partly spurred by growth and logistics concerns, with Gen. James ‘Mike’ Holmes, head of Air Combat Command, tellin...