Fighter Aircraft Combat Statistics / Eurofighter Typhoon
Combat record
Eurofighter Typhoon — Combat Record
4.5-generation jet · Multinational · First flight 1994 · Combat-proven: strikes only
Photo: Jean / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
0Confirmed air-to-air kills
0Air-to-air losses
—No air-to-air engagements
1994First flight
The story behind the numbers
The Typhoon’s air-to-air column is empty — a fact that says everything about European air power’s era: constant policing, no peer battles. Its closest calls have been Baltic and Black Sea intercepts of Russian aircraft, and RAF Typhoons downing Houthi and Iranian drones in the 2020s — kills of a kind, though not of the classic ledger.
Its shooting war has been air-to-ground: RAF and Italian Typhoons over Libya in 2011, then years of Paveway strikes against ISIS from Cyprus. Four nations’ QRA fleets log more operational scrambles than almost any Western type — deterrence flown daily, victories deliberately never needed.
No air-to-air combat against manned aircraft to date; has shot down several hostile drones (2024–26).
Campaign by campaign
| Years | Campaign | Operator | Victories | A2A losses | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Libya | UK / Italy | 0 | 0 | Combat debut; air-to-ground strike and reconnaissance only. |
| 2015–19 | Anti-ISIS (Shader) | Reino Unido | 0 | 0 | Precision air-to-ground strikes; no air-to-air combat. |
| 2024–26 | Drone defense | Reino Unido | 0 | 0 | Destroyed several Iranian/Houthi drones — drone kills, not manned-aircraft kills. |
How we count. Victories are credits recognised by the operating air force, cross-checked against opposing loss records where they exist. Where wartime credits and postwar research genuinely disagree we show the range, not a single number. Friendly-fire and accident losses are not counted as air-to-air losses. Full methodology on the statistics hub.
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