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Rafale vs Eurofighter Typhoon: how to tell them apart

Two combat aircraft that are easy to mix up at a glance. Here is what tells them apart.

Rafale, combat aircraft from France

Rafale

Combat aircraft, France. In service since 2001

What gives it away

Twin-engine delta wing with canards close behind the cockpit, single fin, two intakes under the wing roots.

Used by

France, India, Egypt, Qatar, Greece, Croatia

Photo: Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Eurofighter Typhoon, combat aircraft from UK / Germany / Italy / Spain

Eurofighter Typhoon

Combat aircraft, UK / Germany / Italy / Spain. In service since 2003

What gives it away

Delta wing with canards well forward under the cockpit, single fin, chin intake.

Used by

UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar

Photo: David Álvarez López from Gijón, España, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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