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The Tornado ADV (air defence variant) was an interceptor variant of the Tornado, developed for the RAF (designated Tornado F2 or F3) and also operated by Saudi Arabia and Italy. The ADV had inferior agility to fighters like the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle , [ 295 ] but was not intended as a dogfighter, rather as a long-endurance interceptor to ...
A pair of Tornado F3 aircraft (ZE982 of No. XXV (F) Sqn and ZE763 of No. XI (F) Sqn) in formation flight, March 2005 No. 43 (F) Squadron Tornado F3 ZE887 takes off at Kemble Air Day, June 2008 Italy. Italian Air Force (1995–2004) Gioia del Colle Air Base, Bari. 12° Gruppo (1995–2004) [57] 21° Gruppo (1999–2001) [57] Cameri Air Base, Novara
The United Kingdom was the first country to completely phase out the Tornado when its last two units were disbanded in March 2019. [18] No. II (Army Co-operation) Squadron at Laarbruch then Marham, flying GR4/4A (12 aircraft). Disbanded, operated between September 1988 – January 2015. [19] [20] No. V (Army Co-operation) Squadron at Coningsby ...
The AI.24 Foxhunter was an aircraft interception (AI) radar carried by the Panavia Tornado ADV fighter aircraft (known as the Tornado F3 in Royal Air Force service), which gave it an all-weather, day-and-night, beyond-visual-range engagement capability.
15 June 1998 ZE732 a Panavia Tornado F.3 of No. 29 Squadron RAF failed to recover from dive 30 miles (48 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, two killed. [68] 18 December 1998 - ZD434 a BAe Harrier GR.7 of No. 20(R) Squadron RAF, was practicing bomb dropping manoeuvres near Barnard Castle, County Durham when the aircraft plummeted into the ground.
Panavia Tornado F.3 ZE887 of No. 43 (F) Squadron taking off from Kemble Airport, 2008. The first Tornado F.3s arrived at Leuchars in September 1989. [33] With the Tornado F.3, the squadron participated in the 1991 Gulf War and maintained a presence in the Iraqi no-fly zones.
From August 1988 the squadron operated the twin seat Panavia Tornado F3 from RAF Leeming. [36] In February 2003 it was announced that some of No. 11 Squadron's Tornado F3s had been modified to carry the ALARM missile (and unofficially designated as Tornado EF3s) to widen their capabilities to include suppression of enemy air defences .
Until 18 April 2008, the squadron was the Operational Conversion Unit for the Panavia Tornado F.3 at RAF Leuchars, Fife. Since 22 April 2008, the squadron has been based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, and serves as the Air Command and Control Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operational Evaluation Unit (AIR C2ISR OEU) for the RAF ...
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