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V Gloster Javelin is a twin-engined T-tailed delta-wing subsonic night and all-weather interceptor aircraft that served with Britain’s Royal Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. The last aircraft design to bear the Gloster name, it was introduced in 1956 after a lengthy development period and received several upgrades during its lifetime to its engines, radar and weapons, including support for the De Havilland Firestreak air-to-air missile. The Javelin was succeeded in the interceptor role by the English Electric Lightning, a supersonic aircraft capable of flying at more than double the Javelin’s top speed, which was introduced into the RAF only a few years later. The Javelin served for much of its life alongside the Lightning; the last Javelins were withdrawn from operational service in 1968 following the introduction of successively more capable versions of the Lightning.

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Gloster Javelin je bilo dvomotorno prestrezno letalo za vse vremenske razmere, ki je služilo britanskim kraljevim letalskim silam v poznih 1950-ih in večini 1960-ih. To je bila delta krilata zasnova, zadnje letalo, ki je nosilo ime Gloster. Kopje je bilo razvito za izpolnjevanje specifikacij za visokogorski hitri lovec za boj proti grožnji sovjetskih bombnikov. Opremljen je bil z radarjem in štirimi 30-milimetrskimi topovi in je lahko nosil osem raket zrak-zrak.
Kopje je imelo značilen T-rep in veliko plavut, ki mu je dajala stabilnost in nadzor pri nadzvočnih hitrostih. Kopje je začelo delovati leta 1956 in je bilo razporejeno v več eskadrilj RAF v Veliki Britaniji in v tujini. Videl je boj med malajskimi izrednimi razmerami in indonezijskim spopadom, kjer se je izkazal za učinkovitega pri prestrezanju nizko letečih vsiljivcev. Kopje sta v poznih 1960-ih postopoma nadomestila angleška električna strela in McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Zgrajenih je bilo 435 kopja, od tega jih je 11 ohranjenih v muzejih.