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Tornado GB 15 Sqn 1

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The Panavia Tornado was a joint venture between the UK, Germany, and Italy. Several versions were made for the three contributing countries and also for Saudi Arabia.

The Tornado is a Multi-Role Strike Aircraft and capable of performing several roles from precision bombing, tank busting, air defence suppression, through to reconnaissance and even anti-shipping strikes. It is a 'swing-wing' design which enables maximum lift with the wings 'forward' for take off and landing, combined with maximum speed with the wings swept back. It is capable of Mach 2.34 (1,511 mph) 'clean' and can be loaded 9,000 Kg (19,800 lb) of weapons on 8 points.

The Tornado is armed with one or two 27 mm Mauser Cannon, and can deliver almost any weapon including AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120, AIM-132, ALARM, ASRAAM, most laser-guided bombs such as GBU-24, Brimstone, Storm Shadow, Cluster Bombs, Kormoran, as well as a wide variety or Electronic Countermeasure pods (ECM) and reconnaissance equipment.

This example is a Tornado GR1 ‘Luscious Lizzy’ of 15 Squadron RAF 1991.
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Love the nose art! =)