![]() The RAF plans to lay down aluminum AM-2 mats along a strip of road up to 1,500 ft. ![]() ![]() The plan for staging road operations with the F-35B still is being developed, Smyth said, but will likely take place in the UK. Unlike the UK and other NATO allies, Finland routinely practices operating a fleet of Boeing F/A-18 Hornets from its network of national highways, so the UK can leverage its existing infrastructure. The Typhoon demonstrations will take place within a couple of months on highways in Finland, Smyth said. The demonstrations are expected to take place within the next year in both Finland and the UK, Air Marshal Harvey Smyth, the RAF's air and space commander, said on the sidelines of the Global Air and Space Chiefs Conference in London. The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) plans to demonstrate soon that Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4s and Lockheed Martin F-35Bs can operate from roads as part of a distributed operations strategy, a senior commander told Aviation Week on June 13. ![]()
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