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Tornado

The Panavia Tornado was a joint effort between the UK, West Germany and Italy to produce a two-seat, dual-engine aircraft with variable-sweep wings. The Tornado took its maiden flight on August 14, 1974 with the first aircraft being delivered to the German Air Force on July 27, 1979. There are three main variants of the Tornado, the IDS (interdictor/strike), ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) and ADV (air defense variant) interceptor. By the end of production in 1998 there had been 992 aircraft of all versions built of which 745 were IDS variants.

Tornado IDS 44+43, JaBoG 34 Allgau, Luftwaffe, 1980s

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Tornado GR.1 ZA 592"G", No. 9 Sqn., RAF Honington, 1983

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Tornado IDS "Norm 95" 43+25, JaBoG 31 "Boelcke", Norvenich, Germany, late 2000s

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Tornado GR.1 "Mig Eater" ZA447/EA, No. 15 Sqn, RAF, Tabuk AB, Saudi Arabia, 1991

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Tornado IDS MM7071, 6-35, 6 Stormo 102 Gruppo, Italian Air Force, April 2001

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Tornado IDS 46+20, MFG2, Germany Navy, 1990s

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Tornado IDS, 43+44 Marinefliegergeschwader 1 MFG 1 German Navy Schleswig-Jagel Air Base 1982

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Tornado GR4, RAF, "Operation Ellamy" ZA542, 31 Squadron, Italy 2011

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Tornado ECR “Tiger Meet 2014” 46+28, Takt LwG-51 Schleswig-Jagel, June 2014

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Tornado IDS “Exercise Saudi Sword 2007” No.703, 7th Sqn., RAF Lossiemouth, RSAF

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Tornado ECR "Operation Allied Force" 46+52, JBG 32, Piacenza-San Damiano, Italy, 1999

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Tornado GR.1A ZA592, 13 Squadron, RAF Marham 1995

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Tornado GR.1A ZA371, II (AC) Squadron, RAF Marham 1995

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Tornado IDS "Afghanistan Operation" 44+97, AG 51, Mazar-e Sharif, August 2008

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Tornado GR.1 "Debbie" ZD790, 31 Squadron, Bahrain 1991 'Operation Granby"

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Tornado IDS 43+42, JaboG 33, Luftwaffe, Norvenich AB, 2022

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Tornado IDS "Holloman AFB" 46+05, FlgAusZLw, May 2014

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Tornado GR.1 ZA585, No. 617 Sqn. "Dambusters", RAF

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Tornado IDS 154° Gruppo "Red Devils", 6º Stormo , Italian Air Force, 1980s

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Tornado GR.1B AJ-Q/ZA456, N0. 617 Sqn "Dambusters", RAF Lossiemouth, 1995 (with 2 x Sea Eagle Missiles)

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Tornado IDS "Air Defender 2023" 44+69, TLG 51, Luftwaffe, Schleswig Jagel AB, June 2023

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Tornado IDS "Norm 83B" 45+95, JaBoG 31 "Boelcke", Nörvenich, Germany, 2008

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Tornado ECR 46+54, TLG-51, Schleswig-Jagel AB, July 2017

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Tornado GR.4 ZA600, 41 (R ) Test and Evaluation Sqn., RAF Coningsby, 2011

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