The Panavia Tornado

The Tornado was jointly developed by the United Kingdom Germany and Italy and first flew on the 4th August 1974 A total of 992 Aircraft were built with productions finishing in 1999 As well as the three main operators Tornados were also bought by RSAF Royal Saudi Air Force and are still in service now For many years Tornado crews were trained at the Trinational unit at RAF Cottesmore but when this unit was disbanded RAF training was moved to RAF Lossiemouth with number XV reserve Squadron who still operate Tornado GR4s today One RAF Squadron still operates the F3 air defence version being 111 Squadron at RAF Leuchars in Scotland All other Aircraft are based at RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Marham with GR4s