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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...
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    The Panavia Tornado Air Defence Variant (ADV) is a long-range, twin-engine swing-wing interceptor aircraft developed by the European Panavia Aircraft GmbH...
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    Panavia Aircraft GmbH is a German company established by the three partner states of the Tornado Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) project: West Germany...
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    This is a list of operators of the Panavia Tornado multi-role combat aircraft. As of 2018, 320 operational Tornados are in use. Active units are in bold...
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    that developed the Panavia Tornado fighter-bomber and air-defence fighters along with West Germany and the United Kingdom. Tornado fighters were still...
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    Luftwaffe with the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter and the Panavia Tornado fighter-bomber in many units much earlier than in other national air...
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    future strike aircraft, which would eventually see the arrival of the Panavia Tornado GR1 in 1982. These shelters were also equipped with the US Weapon Storage...
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    the Panavia Tornado. The RB199 originated with a requirement, in 1969, to power a new European multirole combat aircraft (MRCA) called the Panavia MRCA...
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    (1962–1967) Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B (1969–1993) Panavia Tornado GR1B (1993–2001) Panavia Tornado GR4 (2001–2018) Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 (2019–present)...
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    respectively. BAE would later sell its share to EADS. The Tornado was developed and built by Panavia Aircraft GmbH, a tri-national consortium consisting of...
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    of the RSAF is currently the Eagle, with the Panavia Tornado also forming a major component. The Tornado and many other aircraft were delivered under...
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    Panavia Tornado ECR equipped with AARGM missiles and electronic warfare capabilities, operational since 1990. Germany manufactured 35 new Tornado for...
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    highest force is at 4.5G's during the sidewinder inversion. A model Panavia Tornado fighter jet is seen on top of the station for decorative purposes....
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    MRCA (Multi Role Combat Aircraft) program that ultimately became the Panavia Tornado. The BK 27 is a gas-operated cannon firing a series of 27×145 mm cartridges...
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  • NATO". Bundeswehr Journal. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018. "Tornado". www.bundeswehr.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-25. International, Armada...
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  • Turboprop airliner BAC/Vickers Vanguard – Turboprop airliner Panavia Tornado/Panavia Tornado ADV – multi-role attack jet fighter; multinational project...
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    Rutland, England, from 1981 to 1999. It performed training on the Panavia Tornado for the Royal Air Force (RAF), Luftwaffe, Marineflieger and Italian...
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    interceptor for over a decade until the introduction into service of the Panavia Tornado F.3 in 1987. When Phantoms were first delivered to interceptor squadrons...
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  • to Poland in 2004) Panavia Tornado IDS Panavia Tornado ECR Panavia Tornado IDS (transferred to air force in 2005) Panavia Tornado RECCE version with reconnaissance...
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    Canberra for photoreconnaissance. From 1 January 1990, it operated the Panavia Tornado, initially the GR1A at RAF Honington and later the GR4/4A at RAF Marham...
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    Panavia Tornado, which used the same basic design to undertake a variety of roles, the Tornado IDS (Interdictor/Strike) variant and later the Panavia...
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    over shorter ranges in the European theatre which was realised as the Panavia Tornado Interdictor/Strike (IDS). The Soviet Sukhoi Su-24 emerged in the early...
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  • the Panavia Tornado, an advanced nuclear-capable fighter bomber, was signed. It was developed and produced via a multinational company, Panavia Aircraft...
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    flying Blackburn Buccaneer S.2Bs. These squadrons all moved onto the Panavia Tornado with four squadrons (2, 15, 16, and 20) resident. 25 Squadron's 'C'...
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    aircraft, such as the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27, Tupolev Tu-22M, and Panavia Tornado. The configuration was also used for a few fighter/interceptor aircraft...
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    was continued by the V bombers into the 1980s and until 1998 by the Panavia Tornado GR1. For much of the Cold War the primary role of the RAF was the defence...
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    during the Second World War. In the early 21st century it operated the Panavia Tornado GR4 in the ground attack and reconnaissance role until being disbanded...
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    48 Panavia Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike aircraft) 28 GR1 standard 6 GR1A reconnaissance standard 14 dual control trainers 24 Panavia Tornado ADVs...
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    Buccaneers were retired in March 1994 in favour of the more modern Panavia Tornado. The South African Air Force (SAAF) was the only export customer for...
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    air operation was known as Operazione Locusta. Italy deployed eight Panavia Tornado aircraft, which conducted sorties over the 42 days of war, and a cell...
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