Typhoon, patrolling with a RAF Tornado GR4, hit two Libyan T72 main battle tanks with laser-guided Paveway II bombs

Typhoon, patrolling with a RAF Tornado GR4, hit two Libyan T72 main battle tanks with laser-guided Paveway II bombs near the besieged city of Misurata.
Air Vice Marshal Phil Osborn said that the Tornado attacked a third tank with a Paveway IV bomb - taking to eight the number tanks hit by RAF aircraft yesterday.
It is the first time the Typhoon - formerly known as the Eurofighter - has fired its weapons in anger in the ground attack role since entering service with the RAF.
AVM Osborn rejected reports that the RAF had insufficient Typhoon pilots trained in the ground attack role to mount operations in Libya.
The Typhoon was originally introduced as an air defence fighter and a recent National Audit Office report disclosed that only eight pilots had so far received ground attack operations.