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The
Panavia Tornado
is a family of twin-engine
multirole combat aircraft
, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and West Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS
fighter-bomber
, the Tornado ECR
suppression of enemy air defences
aircraft and the
Tornado ADV
interceptor aircraft
. Developed by
Panavia Aircraft
, it made its first flight in 1974 and entered service in 1979–80. The Tornado is used in active service by the
German Air Force
, the
Italian Air Force
, the
Royal Saudi Air Force
and was also used by the
Royal Air Force
(RAF) until 2019. This RAF Tornado GR4 was photographed in a training sortie over
North West England
in 2012.
Photograph credit: Mike Jones
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