The RAF’s Typhoon Fighter

Date: 24 September 2025Time: 10:30 am - 11:30 amVenue Dulverton Town HallSpeaker Alan Woolley

Alan was Project Leader for the MoD from 1998 to 2001 and then Engineering Director and Senior UK Officer for the four-nations project office in Munich until 2005. Whilst there he accepted the Eurofighter Typhoon into service – the RAF’s main multi-role fast jet fighter. Alan talks about why Typhoon is needed and with the aid of a video demonstrates how it is used. He describes operations undertaken and Typhoon’s development during the largest collaborative programme ever undertaken by the European Defence Industry.