SEPECAT Jaguar | the beloved ground attack aircraft of France and the UK 

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The Indian Airforce still has high esteem for the Jaguar...no wonder they still operate it in its specified role...it is one of the most beautiful modern aircraft

Despite it being extremely underpowered, it was actully very fast at low level and difficult to catch, it just couldn't turn very well without bleeding energy. Pilots have also descibed the cockpit as "an ergonomic slum". It's also been said that when fully loaded, it only got off the ground due to the curvature of the Earth. Despite all this, pilots absolutely loved it, and almost eveyone who flew it said it was their favourite aircraft that they ever flew.

Spent 5 years working on these at RAF Coltishall. Brilliantly simplistic aircraft (Engineers Dream) and best base in the RAF.

Jeremy Clarkson: "It's a Jaaag."

My Grandather Air Marshal G.K. John DFC,PVSM, WW2 War Hero , EX RAF Battle of Britain 1940, Malta1942, Burma 1944, China War PVSM medal holder and Air Oficer Commander in Chief , Western Air Command IAF Signed a contract with BAE systems in 1978 Assuring over 178 Sepecat Jaguar for the Indian Air Force in 1978, He was the first Indian and Asian Pilot to Fly and take delivery of De havilland Vampire Jets in 1949 and ferry them back to Palam AFB New Delhi and was the First ASian Jet Pilot to break the sound barrier in Jacksonville AFB in 1951 wiith Machbusters club earning certificate No.52 flyig a F100 thru the sound barrier in November 1951 this is my heritage.

Jaguars are beautiful aircrafts. My father served alongside Jaguar squadrons and one of my friend's father was a Jaguar pilot (IAF). I was at that time in high school, have a lot of fond memories of this aircraft. They have incredibly loud roar, it was nuance for our teachers to teach us while they were flying; I had a chance of seeing inside the cockpit of Jaguar, some describe it messy but I liked it, was better looking than the Soviet Migs. I have also seen them during bombing exercises both with practice and live bombs and a lot of other good memories. For me, it will always be a nostalgic reminder of my good high school days😌.

I worked on Jaguars when I was in the RAF, 20 Sqn at Brüggen in Germany to be precise and I very much enjoyed it. It was one of the most beautiful of aircraft when it was airborne.

IAF has also integrated its fleet of SEPECAT Jaguar with the ASRAAM developed by MBDA UK replacing the R550 Magic II short range A2A missiles

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My favourite aircraft from the Indian Air Force. It was a legend during the 1999 Kargil War, conducting precise CAS support to the Indian Army on the Himalayan heights

Anglo-French cooperation in aviation has produced some amazing aircraft. It’s a shame they don’t do more together.

one of the best looking planes ever built.. It just looked fast from every angle, it looked fast just standing still.

The jaguar and the Concorde are good proof that when the English and the French forget their old quarrels they are capable of making very beautiful and talented planes. If the United Kingdom had not voted for Brexit, it is with them that we would have had to make the 6th generation aircraft rather than with the Germans. Another great missed opportunity, too bad. Thank you for bringing this legend to life for a few minutes.

Those two countries did real great machines when they worked together.

I love the SEPECAT Jaguar, its a shame its coming to the twilight of its great career, great video thank you.

Like Indian Version of Jaguar with DARIN 3 upgrade makes it a 4+ Gen Aircraft with Elta ELM 2052 AESA Radar,SPJ etc

i worked on jags for 10 years in the raf, loved working on them, was lucky to get 2 flights, one of which was a double engine air test [ we just fitted the engines] so that was a great flight for an engine man!

back in 86 i was lucky enough to go up in one, sat in the back seat..Awesome experience...still couldnt get over pilot navigated by scrolling map.

the Sepecat Jaguar DARIN III multi role ground attack fighter is still in active service with the Indian Air Force . . . even after serving 38 glorious years . . .

I got to see the cockpit of one of those once... I was surprised at how spartan and analog the instrument panel was!

in November 1969, Dassault/Breguet developed the Jaguar Marine, designed M-05 for the prototype in its Marine version and developed by a Breguet team under the aegis of Dassault, this Jaguar saw its structure as well as its landing gear reinforced. The first sea trials were carried out from July 8 to 13, 1970, on the aircraft carrier Clemenceau. In January 1973, the Navy decided to abandon the Jaguar M05 program.

It should be still flying !! Great aircraft ! It joins a long line of great aircraft no longer flying ,the Hunter ,the Buccaneer ,the Jaguar ,the Harrier ,the Vulcan ,the Victor ,the Vixen .

As much of a fan boy(more like old fart) of the Jaguar that I am, Australia (as mentioned as a possible buyer in the early 70s) was never going to buy the Jaaaaaaaag. We had introduced Mirage III interceptor and ground attack variants around 1968. We had also signed up for the F-111C to replace our English Electric Canberras in 1963 and the range and payload of the Jag would never have been enough. The delays in the F-111C acquisition led to the short term lease of F-4 Phantoms and it seemed possible at the time they may have been purchased instead. In the end we got our “Pigs” in 1973, and they lived a long and happy life in the mud here until 2010!

One of the aircraft I loved the most in French Armée de l'air, and now it's gone 😥

Really capable and beautiful aircraft, one of my favorites. So thank you very much

Thanks; this really is a very underrecognized aircraft--in the US at least.

I vividly remember spotting these deep down in Norway's longest valley back in the mid-1980s while having a summer job as a surveillance assistant. First came a 4-ship of Norwegian still spanking new F-16 (probably flying air cover), then came 2 tree-skimming Tornado ground attack machines (first time I saw them IRL) followed by a 4-ship of Jaguars (potentially flying even lower than the Tornados) hauling a$$ up the Norwegian "valley of valleys" presumably heading up to the live fire bombing and artillery range at Dovrefjell. For a fan-boy aged 16, who had spent a full week at the new F-16 332 squadron during the work-training week away from school the year before (yes I totally beat the system on that one) I was as giddy as giddy can be. For obvious reasons, the young and light F-16A will always be the prettiest girl in the sky. The Jaguar is not far behind though- especially when doing what she was made for - tree-hugging like the most lethal eco-warrior imaginable. I also have a soft spot for the Swedish SAAB Viggen in its ground attack version (also because it was rare to see as I grew up in NATO and the Swedes were neutral. Back in the 80s when "my valley" was used for NATO low and high flying exercises, I got to see F-15, F-111, F-4, Alpha Jet, Sea Hawks, Harriers, French Dassault Mirage and lots of German and British Tornados plus course the F-16, since every Northern European nation too small to build own fighter jets banded together and acquired the F-16 during the 1970s. And of course the joy of watching Norwegian C-130s or British, Danish, German, American, Dutch, and Belgian versions showing their love for trees and the Norwegian mountainous landscape up close (this still happens). It always makes me smile as I know SOF colleagues from around NATO are getting a scenic flight to hang out with their Norwegian brothers. I have to say though - doing fieldwork for my doctorate on the highest mountains in Northern Europe, the rarest bird I ever looked DOWN on was a B-1 bomber hiding its substantial girth while skimming Norwegian national parks. F-111 and Tornados are not small aircraft when tucked into Norwegian alpine valley, but to look down on a B-1 Lancer - now that is just uncanny to observe (with a soundtrack to prove it). The C-130 is positively tiny (and slow) by comparison. Now we fly the F-35 here in Norway (affectionately dubbed "Fat Amy"). I must confess that Gen 3 and 4 bodies were prettier to look at. But then I remind myself what they are designed to do when applied with anger, and the F-35 suddenly looks attractive again. Still - watching a B-1 not even tree-hugging, it was moss hugging the terrain well above the treeline around 1300 meters above sea level (4000 and some feet), from my vantage point (ca 2000 meters above sea level; ca. 6000 ft). Something bigger than a civilian 737 is screaming along around 2,000 ft below you. I am more environmentally conscious than most (though not an idiot) as I spent 30 years as a climate scientist (alongside being trained for a couple of years to be angry myself and serving that job in case it was needed as a reservist for 25 years) - there is beauty to behold in watching a machine being guided by humans to do the job it was designed to do.

Exceptional airframe, flying off the M55 motorway in the northwest of England.

Interesting that the RNZAF were interested in the Jaguar. The combination of Jaguar and Harpoon for maritime threat's would have been perfect for NZ coastal defense.

Super wonderful video shared by an excellent ( weapon detective) channel this remarkable video about Jaguar aircraft for low altitudes.. both British and French cooperated for designing and manufacturing...video clearly explained all characteristics of two national versions...

Avion magnifique et redoutable!

Good vid, worth waiting for. Thanks.

I love the Jag, still plenty mileage in the old joke that it only got airborne due to the curvature of the earth...

The TSR-2 is regarded by many as a Great British missed opportunity. But if you squint a bit, what really happened was that it turned into the Jaguar. It was a tremendously rugged aircraft: not mentioned or shown here is that it can take off from grass.

Underrated aircraft

I got to know the Jaguar through the Dan Cooper "Cartoons" (comics/BD in French). Neverr saw it in action though... Although it looked nett. THX for the Video!

A beautiful machine❤

Good video. So, which had the better nav-attack system: the A-7D/E, with its radar, or the RAF Jaguar, with its LRMTS? I guess that the Jaguar had the edge in CAS but the A-7D/E was better on other tasks.

Modernized Jaguar with IAF is still serving well.

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Love the Jag!

A very beautiful "well balanced" aircraft !

Nice upload.

Jags best low level flyer ever

It was my favourite plane as a kid it's a really good looking plane.

Very beautiful sweet object looking

Interesting

I was never a fan of the Jaguar when it was around, possibly as a result of reading the book 'Thunder and Lightnings', a novel by Jan Mark, when I was a kid. One of the main characters hated Jags, as they were replacing his beloved EE Lightning. Even as a kid I was a crusty old traditionalist! There is no doubt whatsoever that the Jaguar was an iconic Cold War era jet, and very well respected, although not all that high profile until it's intense combat use during the First Gulf War. The ability to take off from unprepared roads instead of runways would have come in very useful if the expected 'Cold War' had become hot! The more I learn about the Jaguar, the more I like it, although the Phantom will always have top place in my heart!

India failed to negotiate for Honeywell F-125IN engines. Indian Union government like always delayed the budget for funding the engine project under DARIN-3 upgrade programme. They lured Honeywell to invest on their F-125 engine for the Jaguar fighters. And then continued the procurement delays for more than a decade. This eventually & naturally led the Honeywell company to ask for new inflated pricetag for delayed time and Indian government rejected their pricetag & said they only want to give the Honeywell company in old pricetag. Thus failed to have this wonderful engine. After DARIN-3 UPGRADE programme few crashes were attributed to using the old RR Ardour engine which is giving lower TWR as upgrades increased more weights to the aircraft. India wants to retire this aircraft completely in 2035 with developing MWF category aircraft Tejas Mk-2. Indian Air Force is not keen to have anymore the engine upgrade 😢.

An absolutely gorgeous and crisp jet figther. Honestly, I can't understand why British pilots didn't like this great machine.

The SAAF was also interested and evaluated it.

When Britain and France work together they do great things like the Jaguar, Concorde and The Channel Tunnel. It's getting them together in the first place that's the hard part!

Always loved the Jag. It was the first aircraft I ever worked on.

My favorite aircraft

Raf Jaguar is my favourite jet - thanks for the vid!

One of my favourite looking planes ever.. utterly iconic Have a child draw a fighter jet - its a Jaguar..

Not one to care much for french aircraft, but the Jaguar was a pretty neat looking Jet.

The Lightning, Jaguar, Harrier, and the F4 Phantom are my favorite military aircraft. The Jaguar could land on a ploughed field.

A low cost, easy maintenance, rough field capable aircraft should be part of a air fleet. This capability is rapidly being lost in western airforces which is short sighted policy. The ability to hastily deploy to a less than ideal enviroment and operate effectively should not be a capability that is ignored.

Always amazes me that they are able to find guys small enough and willing to do the job of bomb aimer! Squeezing into that space in the nose with those tiny windows must be horrible! Nightmare if you have to bale out too! ;)

India has upgraded them multiple times, the latest is Darrin 3. This will be in service till 2030

Read in a book about the Jaguar that it scored a ground kill during Desert Storm with a Sidewinder

I wonder if the UK needed a low-altitude strike aircraft why not just build more Buccaneers? Did they really need Mach 1+ performance? If you wanted a joint design and production maybe spend a little development money on making a land-based version that would be lighter and longer-ranged. Of course, it wouldn't work for a trainer but then the Jag never really was used as a trainer. If cost was an issue then dumb down the avionics to reduce the cost and that would leave a lot of room for future avionics.

Salute'! In my humble opinion, the simplistic and traditional warfare performance refined cold war era design, adaptive longevity and limited yet highly specializable deployment criteria makes the Jaguar platform a very promising contender among future adaptations to derive a lateral generation of combat trainers and surface engagement platform variants for low intensity mission programs serving advanced civil defense, especially in context of strategic combat aviation operators, monitoring maritime sovereignty and the assigned economic network infrastructure.

Did you really say that maintenance was 10.5 hours for every flight hour? That's crazy for me coming from an automotive background.

Reminds me a bit of a F-111 Aardvark and an F-15 combined.

Relevant for Mitsubishi F-1

I miss RAF Colltishall

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Not really in fact ! I'm french and I've read a lot about the Jaguar, a plane I found very beautiful (Japanese T2 inside welcomes us). The Jaguar was not a great plane, it was underpower, pilots frequently asked if it will lift off... The Jaguar was an easy target, a french pilot can tell it to you, an iraki paesant shoted him with an Ak-47. As soon France has obtained the M2000D, she got rid of the Jaguar. A very good looking plane, especially the RAF version, but a pretty useless weapon. Same for Tornado.

It’s still used by Indian Airforce.

Fire up the Jaaaaag

The French variant would obviously need a different nose.

Tornado+Phantom=Jaguar

I would give a thumbs up, but you need to pronounce jaguar properly. Chris Holznagel ❤😂🎉😂🎉😊

Doesn't the Sepecat Jaguar have VTOL capability?

You missed out Indian Airforce and Royal Oman Airforce !!!

I think you got mixed up it was the French that got over wing pylons us English didn't want them that's what I seen on a documentary although it could be wrong

Mitsubishi F1 & T2

Isn't it underpowered? I think it has a 11 degree (iirc) take off angle. Any other angle and u don't get airborne!

Britain had systematically killed Indian HAL Maruat jet fighter bomber project, the first fighter aircraft from Asia, for its own Jaguar project. .. with Indian money Rolls Royce had started design of new jet engines for HAL Maruat in early 60s which was ultimately diverted to utilised in Jaguar following Britain had flatly refused to transferred same R&R jet engine technology to India meant primarily to HAL Maruat. .. irony was British government also thurst same jaguars on Indian government to got survived from its severe economy crises during mid 70s...

What the heck is that at 1:16 ?

My uncle went from being a QRA English Electric Lightning pilot to being a Jaguar pilot. All his stories are from when he flew the Lightning.

Le mirage F1 sera toujours le meilleur

Kab tak shaktishali different look fighter jet India ko kab milega ? Hum kya itna gaya gujara hai itna purana fighter jets abtak use kar raha hai ? Agar car ya jeep hota toh DTO ko fine barte barte tak jate, polution ka nam pe bada bada city pe chalane nahi dete ! Humare Aero designer jo kar raha hai wo kab tak aayega ?

It was underpowered, the cockpit was an ergonomic nightmare and the NavWAS (Navigation & Weapon Aiming System) was a disaster.

The French used to hate the English more than vice versa. For definite. If they want to collaborate then it's fine with us like. I been to France more times than I can count. Half our language is the same. Seems dumb we always seem to be at odds if you ask me, but I can't help other people can I? I can only concentrate on my own game, at least to start with. I like to think I have an English mentality despite not being ethnically English.

was a massive mistake getting rid of them

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Beautiful bird mate

Mirage jets are legendary though. Well awesome.

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jag... you.... er.... please

The rear n tail design looks like it was copied from the F-4 Phantom

looks like Serbian j22 orao

I need Türkish translate . Please.

Battle of a bastard that has more than succeeded in the end.

The perfect plane to release to Ukraine. Would destroy any Russian defences.