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The Tornado ADV (air defence variant) was an interceptor variant of the Tornado, developed for the RAF (designated Tornado F2 or F3) and also operated by Saudi Arabia and Italy. The ADV had inferior agility to fighters like the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle , [ 294 ] but was not intended as a dogfighter, rather as a long-endurance interceptor to ...
On 21 July 1989 ZE833 a Panavia Tornado F3 of No. 23 Squadron RAF was abandoned after it lost height and flew into the sea 35 miles north-east of Newcastle, one killed. [55] [56] On 20 September 1989 XX191 a Hawker Siddeley Hawk T1 of No. Tactical Warfare Unit flew into the ground on approach to RAF Brawdy, two killed.
The first Tornado F.3s arrived at Leuchars in September 1989. [33] With the Tornado F.3, the squadron participated in the 1991 Gulf War and maintained a presence in the Iraqi no-fly zones . Later, No. 43 (F) Squadron crew and personnel were tasked with QRA duty (short notice air defence 'scrambles'), both in Fife, and in the Falklands as part ...
From August 1988 the squadron operated the twin seat Panavia Tornado F3 from RAF Leeming. [36] In February 2003 it was announced that some of No. 11 Squadron's Tornado F3s had been modified to carry the ALARM missile (and unofficially designated as Tornado EF3s) to widen their capabilities to include suppression of enemy air defences .
2008-02-05 20:35 Koalorka 2870×1890× (3459792 bytes) {{Information |Description=An air-to-air right side view of two Italian Tornado aircraft participating in an inflight refueling during NATO exercise Dragon Hammer '87, an air, land and sea operation involving U.S., Italian and Turkish forces. |Source=http
The Lightning's direct replacement was the Panavia Tornado F3, an interceptor variant of the Panavia Tornado multi-role aircraft. The Tornado featured several advantages over the Lightning, including a far larger weapons load and considerably more advanced avionics. [117] Lightnings were slowly phased out of service between 1974 and 1988.
Initially it hosted Nos 11(F), 23, and 25(F) Squadrons, all flying the F3. 23 Squadron was disbanded on 1 March 1994 and its air and ground crews dispersed across the station's remaining two squadrons. [27] This left two Tornado squadrons, which were half of the air defence fighter squadrons of the RAF. 11 Squadron was disbanded in October 2005.
Panavia Tornado The Turbo-Union RB199 is a turbofan jet engine designed and built in the early 1970s by Turbo-Union , a joint venture between Rolls-Royce , MTU and Aeritalia . The only production application was the Panavia Tornado .