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The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multi-role combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany. [ a ] There are three primary Tornado variants : the Tornado IDS ( interdictor / strike ) fighter-bomber , the Tornado ECR ( electronic combat / reconnaissance ) SEAD ...
The Panavia Tornado Air Defence Variant (ADV) is a long-range, twin-engine swing-wing interceptor aircraft developed by the European Panavia Aircraft GmbH consortium. It was a specialised derivative of the multirole Panavia Tornado. Development of the Tornado ADV formally commenced in 1976.
The RAF flew a variant, the Panavia Tornado ADV, with a larger GEC-Marconi AI.24 Foxhunter radar, implemented in the mid-1970s with the involvement of Air Chief Marshal Sir Neil Wheeler. Another variant was the Tornado ECR (Electronic Combat and Reconnaissance), developed for the Luftwaffe, and proposed to be sold to the US in 1985.
On 13 January 1989 ZD891 a Panavia Tornado GR1 of No. 14 Squadron RAF collided with a German Air Force Alpha Jet during a practice attack on Wittmund airfield, West Germany, two killed. [55] On 13 April 1989 XZ359 a SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A of No. 41 Squadron RAF flew into a cliff near St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire, one RAF Officer killed. [55]
Tornado (BAe) on Fas.org; Panavia Tornado IDS Attack Bomber on Aerospaceweb.org; Panavia Tornado on Tornado-data.com; List of all active German Tornados Archived 20 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine; German IDS Tornado 44+97 at the Deutsches Museum subsidiary Flugwerft Oberschleißheim, Germany (DE)
IUKADGE directed Panavia Tornado ADVs (pictured) against targets across the North Sea. The Improved United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment, normally shortened to either UKADGE or IUKADGE, was the Royal Air Force's (RAF) ground-controlled interception system covering the British Isles during the 1990s.
A German Air Force Panavia Tornado, 45+37, from Jagdbombergeschwader 33 crashed on the runway at Büchel Air Force Base, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The aircraft, on a routine night training exercise, suffered extensive damage during the incident which occurred in high winds and rain. The two crew members ejected safely. [198] 25 March
The Tornado could be fitted with a pair of much larger pods on the shoulder pylons, each containing both types of munition. [1] Each JP233 as fitted to the Tornado was divided into a rear section with 30 SG-357 runway cratering submunitions, while the front section carried 215 HB-876 anti-personnel mines. Both types of submunitions were ...