First two Kuwaiti Eurofighters take flight

The first pair of two-seat Eurofighter Typhoons destined for the al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya (Kuwait Air Force, KAF) completed their long awaited maiden flights from Leonardo’s Torino-Caselle Nord facility, near Turin in northern Italy, during the afternoon of October 15. The two multi-role fighters – carrying Italian test registrations CSX55243 and CSX55244 respectively – took off separately and each completed a 40-minute local test flight before returning to the Leonardo Aircraft Division facility. Both aircraft were painted in a single-tone medium