Range: 1,390 km (870 mi) for typical combat mission.Thrust with afterburner: 76.8 kN (17,270 lbf) each.Powerplant: 2 × Turbo-Union RB199-34R Mk 103 after-burning turbofans.

It remains one of the very few aircraft in the world that is able to operate at low level, day or night and in poor weather, and is now equipped with a modern precision-guided weapons suite and world-class reconnaissance sensors. The Tornado has been in service for more than 30 years, but a combination of major upgrade programmes and numerous continual enhancements have kept the aircraft amongst the forefront of all attack aircraft. Including all variants, 992 aircraft were built. The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) became the only export operator of the Tornado in addition to the three original partner nations.Ī tri-nation training and evaluation unit operating from RAF Cottesmore, the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment, maintained a level of international co-operation beyond the production stage. Due to its multirole design, it was able to replace several different fleets of aircraft in the adopting air forces. It first flew on 14 August 1974 and was introduced into service in 1979–1980. The Tornado was developed and built by Panavia Aircraft GmbH, a tri-national consortium consisting of British Aerospace (previously British Aircraft Corporation), MBB of West Germany, and Aeritalia of Italy. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike) fighter-bomber, used for the suppression of enemy air defences, Tornado ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) and the Tornado ADV (air defence variant) interceptor aircraft.

The RAF website and Wikipedia provide the following information about the aircraft: The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing, multirole combat aircraft, which was jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom, and West Germany.

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