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Tornado operators have undertaken various life extension and upgrade programmes to keep their Tornado fleets as viable frontline aircraft. With these upgrades it is projected that the Tornado shall be in service until 2025, more than 50 years after the first prototype took flight. [59] [needs update]
Twelve of these were dual-control versions. Sixteen were subsequently converted to ECR aircraft. [2] [3] In 1993, an agreement was reached with the United Kingdom to lease a total of 24 ADV aircraft, which were operated until 2004. [4] [5] As of 2018, Italy operates 70 Tornado IDS and 5 Tornado ECR. [1] 102° Gruppo, 6° Stormo at Ghedi, flying ...
The Tornado F2 was the initial version of the Tornado ADV in RAF service, a total of 18 aircraft were built. Making its first flight on 5 March 1984, it was powered by the same RB.199 Mk 103 engines used by the IDS Tornado, capable of four wing sweep settings, and fitted to carry only two underwing Sidewinder missiles. [15]
Another variant was the Tornado ECR (Electronic Combat and Reconnaissance), developed for the Luftwaffe, and proposed to be sold to the US in 1985. Its all-weather capabilities at the time were unmatched in the world. [citation needed] The Tornado aircraft is expected to remain in service until at least 2025.
A central part of the Al Yamamah deal was the sale of Tornado fighters to the Royal Saudi Air Force.. Al Yamamah (Arabic: اليمامة, lit. 'The Dove') is the name of a series of record arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, paid for by the delivery of up to 600,000 barrels (95,000 m 3) of crude oil per day to the British government. [1]
As of 14 September 2024, 84 aircraft are in service, including 25 BAe 146s and 59 Avro RJs. This includes 28 in North America, 25 in Asia, 15 in South America, 7 in Oceania, 6 in Africa and 3 in Europe.
Green, a resident of the Stone Bridge neighborhood of Little Rock for eight years, has experienced countless tornado warnings, but his property had never been directly hit by a twister until March 31.
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 ...