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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 ...
A pair of Tornado F3 aircraft (ZE982 of No. XXV (F) Sqn and ZE763 of No. XI (F) Sqn) in formation flight, March 2005 No. 43 (F) Squadron Tornado F3 ZE887 takes off at Kemble Air Day, June 2008 Italy. Italian Air Force (1995–2004) Gioia del Colle Air Base, Bari. 12° Gruppo (1995–2004) [57] 21° Gruppo (1999–2001) [57] Cameri Air Base, Novara
The United Kingdom was the first country to completely phase out the Tornado when its last two units were disbanded in March 2019. [18] No. II (Army Co-operation) Squadron at Laarbruch then Marham, flying GR4/4A (12 aircraft). Disbanded, operated between September 1988 – January 2015. [19] [20] No. V (Army Co-operation) Squadron at Coningsby ...
This is a list of tornadoes which has been officially or unofficially labeled as F3, EF3, IF3 during the 2020s decade. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to estimate the intensity of a tornado by classifying the damage caused to natural features and man-made structures in the tornado's ...
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 ...
1890 Wilkes-Barre tornado; Tornado outbreak of May 24–25, 1957; 1998 Oklahoma tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 20–27, 2007; Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 2010; October 2010 Arizona tornado outbreak and hailstorm; 2010 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011; 2011 New England ...
This list may not reflect recent changes This page was last edited on 11 January 2025, at 12:39 (UTC). Text is available ... Category: F3 tornadoes.
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 .