Lightning - T-shirt Size:S English Electric Lightning F

English Electric Lightning F

Washington DC and Ascension Island

This type first flew in 1953 and entered service with the Royal Navy in 1954

Successes were 20 Argentine aircraft shot down with two losses from ground fire and four to accidents

Lightning - T-shirt Size:S English Electric Lightning FEnglish Electric Lightning THE supersonic fighter of the Cold War, this jet was capable of Mach 2 with an incredible rate of climb still classified to this day. The Lightning entered service in 1959 and retired from the RAF in 1988 having served as an interceptor, notably engaging Russian reconnaissance aircraft that were 'testing' the UK's air defences.