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‘If we are holding a CAP position we can stay on station a long time, but if we are using our long-range shot, the ability to go high and fast, it comes with a fuel penalty. But that fuel penalty is more than outweighed by the effectiveness of those long-range shots. We’ve had some shots taken at Mach 1.6, at 45,000ft, and the aggressors have been surprised by the kinematics we can give the missile. We’ve been killing out quite a few people. There have definitely been raised eyebrows in the [post-mission] shot evaluation when you’re calling a very long-range shot and then calling a kill on it.’' The Typhoons flew only with drop tanks and a RAIDS range tracking pod simulating all the weapons being employed