page_title: SEPECAT Jaguar
section_title: Former operators
hierarchical_section_title: SEPECAT Jaguar / Operators / Former operators
caption_attribution_description: A plane of Ecuador Jaguar EB trainer aircraft (c/n 168/EB1, s/n 283) of Escuadron de Combate 2111 Aguilas taxis on a runway during the joint U.S.-Ecuadoran exercise "Blue Horizon ´86 at Taura Air Base, Ecuador, on 22 August 1986.
context_page_description: The SEPECAT Jaguar is a Anglo-French jet attack aircraft originally used by the British Royal Air Force and the French Air Force in the close air support and nuclear strike role. It is still in service in upgraded form with the Indian Air Force.
  Originally conceived in the 1960s as a jet trainer with a light ground attack capability, the requirement for the aircraft soon changed to include supersonic performance, reconnaissance and tactical nuclear strike roles. A carrier-based variant was also planned for French Navy service, but this was cancelled in favour of the cheaper Dassault Super Étendard. The aircraft were manufactured by SEPECAT, a joint venture between Breguet and the British Aircraft Corporation, one of the first major joint-Anglo-French military aircraft programmes.
  The Jaguar was exported to India, Oman, Ecuador and Nigeria. With various air forces, the Jaguar was used in numerous conflicts and military operations in Mauritania, Chad, Iraq, Bosnia, and Pakistan, as well as providing a ready nuclear delivery platform for the United Kingdom, France, and India throughout the latter half of the Cold War and beyond.
context_section_description:  Ecuador
  Ecuadorian Air Force – ordered 10 single-seat EBs and 2 two-seat ESs in 1974, with the aircraft being delivered in 1977. It purchased 3 ex-RAF Jaguar GR.1s as attrition replacements in 1991.
  Escuadron de Combate 2111 "Águilas" (Eagles)
   France
  French Air Force – all retired
  Escadron de Chasse 3/3 "Ardennes" at Nancy (1977–1987)
  Escadron de Chasse 1/7 "Provence" at St Dizier. Re-equipped with Jaguars in May 1973 and declared operational September 1974. It discarded the Jaguar in July 2005, the last French squadron to operate the Jaguar.
  Escadron de Chasse 2/7 "Argonne" at St Dizier. French Jaguar OCU. Formed October 1974. It was disbanded in June 2001.
  Escadron de Chasse 3/7 "Languedoc" at St Dizier. Received first Jaguars in March 1974 and operational in July 1975. Disbanded July 1997.
  Escadron de Chasse 4/7 "Limousin". Formed April 1980 at St Dizier, but soon moved to Istres. Disbanded July 1989.
  Escadron de Chasse 1/11 "Roussillon" at Toul. Operational March 1976. Disbanded June 1994.
  Escadron de Chasse 2/11 "Vosges" at Toul. Operational June 1977. Disbanded July 1996.
  Escadron de Chasse 3/11 "Corse" at Toul. Received Jaguars February 1975. Disbanded July 1997.
  Escadron de Chasse 4/11 "Jura" at Bordeaux-Mérignac. Formed August 1978, disbanded June 1992.
   Nigeria
  Nigerian Air Force ordered 13 Jaguar SNs & 5 Jaguar BNs in 1983, with delivery from 1984, being operated by a squadron at Makurdi. Withdrawn from use in 1991 as an economy measure.
   Oman
  Royal Air Force of Oman purchased 10 Jaguar OSs and two Jaguar OBs in 1974, with an identical order following in 1980, supplementing these aircraft by an ex-RAF Jaguar T2 and GR1 in 1982 and 1986 respectively. Oman's Jaguars were brought to full GR3A standards during the 1990s. Oman's last four operational Jaguars were retired on 6 August 2014.
  No. 8 Squadron RAFO at RAFO Thumrait.
  No. 20 Squadron RAFO at RAFO Thumrait.
   United Kingdom
  Royal Air Force – all retired
  No. 2 Squadron. JaguarGR.1/s replaced 2 Squadron's Phantoms at RAF Laarbruch, Germany in 1976, with a main role of tactical reconnaissance. It re-equipped with Tornado GR1As in 1988.
  No. 6 Squadron JaguarGR.1A/GR.3/GR.3As formed at RAF Lossiemouth in October 1974, moving to RAF Coltishall in November 1974, serving in the attack role. It moved to RAF Coningsby in April 2006, disbanding in May 2007.
  No. 14 Squadron JaguarGR.1/GR.1As replaced its Phantoms with Jaguars in 1974, based at RAF Bruggen in Germany. Its Jaguars were replaced by Tornados in 1985.
  No. 16 (Reserve) Squadron, JaguarGR.1/GR.1A/GR.3/T.4s the OCU was formed at RAF Lossiemouth by renumbering 226 OCU, later moving Coltishall and finally disbanding in March 2005.
  No. 17 Squadron at RAF Bruggen replaced its Phantoms in the strike role with JaguarGR.1s from 1975 to 1976, and re-equipped with Tornados in 1984–85.
  No. 20 Squadron JaguarGR.1s formed at RAF Bruggen in February 1977 in the strike role, disbanding in June 1984.
  No. 31 Squadron JaguarGR.1/GR.1As based at RAF Bruggen replaced its Phantoms in 1976 in the strike role. Its Jaguars were replaced by Tornados in 1984.
  No. 41 Squadron JaguarGR.1/GR.1A/GR.3/GR.3As formed at RAF Coltishall in 1976 in the reconnaissance role. It disbanded in April 2006.
  No. 54 Squadron JaguarGR.1/GR.1A/GR.3/GR.3As formed at RAF Lossiemouth in March 1974 in the attack role, moving to RAF Coltishall in August 1974. It disbanded in March 2005.
  No. 226 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit) GR.1/GR.1A/T.2/T.2A/T.4s,formed at RAF Lossiemouth in October 1974 and was redesignated No. 16 (Reserve) Squadron in September 1991.
  Jaguar Conversion Team at RAF Lossiemouth (initial OCU).
  Empire Test Pilots' School.
caption: A twin-seat Jaguar EB of the Ecuadorian Air Force.
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