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This is a list of operators of the Panavia Tornado multi-role combat aircraft.
Operators[]
Main article: Panavia Tornado
Operators of the Panavia Tornado
Italy
- Italian Air Force has 59 IDS and 15 ECR aircraft in operation as of January 2011.[1]
- 102° Gruppo, 6° Stormo at Ghedi, flying IDS. Active from 1993.
- 154° Gruppo, 6° Stormo at Ghedi, flying IDS. Active from 1982.
- 156° Gruppo, 6° Stormo at Ghedi, flying IDS. Active from 1984.
- 12° Gruppo, 36° Stormo at Gioia del Colle, flying IDS/ADV F.3, now inactive, operational between 1984/1995-2004, replaced by Eurofighter Typhoon.
- 155° Gruppo E.T.S., 50° Stormo at Piacenza, flying IDS/ECR. Active from 1985. Equipped with ECR from 1998.[2][3]
Germany
- German Air Force has 160 IDS and 34 ECR aircraft in service as of January 2011.[1]
- Jagdbombergeschwader 31 "Boelcke" at Nörvenich, flying IDS. Active, 34 aircraft, transitioning to Eurofighter.[4]
- Jagdbombergeschwader 32 at Lagerlechfeld flying ECR. Active, 34 aircraft.
- Jagdbombergeschwader 33 at Büchel flying IDS. Active, 36 aircraft, will transition to Eurofighter.
- Jagdbombergeschwader 34 "Allgäu" at Memmingen. Disbanded in 2003.
- Jagdbombergeschwader 38 "Friesland" at Jever. Disbanded, German Tactical Conversion unit, August 1983–September 2005.[5][6]
- Aufklärungsgeschwader 51 "Immelmann" at Jagel/Schleswig, flying RECCE. Active, 46 aircraft.
- German Navy
- Marinefliegergeschwader 1 at Jagel, flying IDS. Disbanded, operated between 2 July 1982 – 1 January 1994.[7]
- Marinefliegergeschwader 2 at Eggebek, flying IDS. Disbanded, operated between 1986–2005.
- United Kingdom
RAF Tornado GR.4 releasing flares during a combat mission over Iraq on 22 April 2004
- Royal Air Force has 35 F3, 86 GR4 and 22 GR4A aircraft in use as of January 2011.[1]
- No. 2 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A. Active, 12 aircraft.[8]
- No. 5 Squadron at Coningsby, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1987–2003[9]
- No. 9 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A. Active, 12 aircraft.[10]
- No. 11 Squadron at Leeming, flying F3. Disbanded, operating between 1988–2005.[11]
- No. 12 Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4/4A. Active, 12 aircraft.[12]
- No. 13 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A. Disbanded 13 May 2011, 12 aircraft.[13]
- No. 14 Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4/4A. Disbanded, 12 aircraft.[14]
- No. XV (Reserve) Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4. Reserve, 26 aircraft. GR4 Operational Conversion Unit.[15]
- No. 16 Squadron at Laarbruch, flying GR1. Disbanded, operated between 13 December 1983 – 11 September 1991.[16]
- No. 17 Squadron at Brüggen, flying GR1. Disbanded, operated between 1 March 1985 – 31 March 1999.[16][17]
- No. 20 Squadron at Laarbruch, flying GR1. Disbanded, 29 June 1984–May 1992.[16]
- No. 23 Squadron at Leeming, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1 November 1988 – 28 February 1994.[16]
- No. 25 Squadron at Leeming, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1989–2008.[18]
- No. 27 Squadron at Marham, flying GR1. Disbanded, operated between 12 August 1983 – 1 October 1993.[17]
- No. 29 Squadron at Coningsby, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1987–1998.[19]
- No. 31 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A. Active, 10 aircraft.[20]
- No. 43 Squadron at Leuchars, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1989–2009.[21]
- No. 56 (Reserve) Squadron at Leuchars, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1992–2008.[22]
- No. 111 Squadron at Leuchars, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1990–2011.[23]
- No. 617 Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4/4A. Active, 12 aircraft.[24]
- No. 229 OCU
(No 65 (Reserve) Squadron) at Coningsby, flying F2/3. Renumbered 56(R) Sqn, 1984–1992 F.2/3 Operational Conversion Unit.[25] - No. 1435 Flight at Mount Pleasant, flying F3. Replaced by Typhoon F2, 4 aircraft, based in the Falklands.[26]
- Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment at Cottesmore, flying IDS, GR1. Disbanded, operated between 1980–31 March 1999.[17][27]
- Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit
(No. 45 Squadron) at Honington, flying GR1. Renumbered XV(R) Sqn, operated between 1 August 1980 – 31 March 1992.[17][27]
- Saudi Arabia
- Royal Saudi Air Force has 84 IDS in operation as of January 2011.[1]
- No. 7 Squadron RSAF IDS[28]
- No. 29 Squadron RSAF ADV[28]
- No. 34 Squadron RSAF ADV[28]
- No. 66 Squadron RSAF IDS[28]
- No. 75 Squadron RSAF IDS
- No. 83 Squadron RSAF IDS
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "World Military Aircraft Inventory". 2011 Aerospace. Aviation Week and Space Technology, January 2011.
- ↑ Lake World Air Power Journal Volume 32, pp. 134–135.
- ↑ Niccoli Air International April 2008, pp. 46–47.
- ↑ "The German Air Force receives its first fighter-bomber Eurofighter Typhoons." Eurofighter press release, 16 December 2009 via ''Flight Global Training. Retrieved: 29 November 2011.
- ↑ Lake World Air Power Journal Volume 32, p. 131.
- ↑ List Air International May 2006, p. 51.
- ↑ Lake World Air Power Journal Volume 32, p. 132.
- ↑ "2 Squadron." Royal Air Force. Retrieved: 9 April 2011.
- ↑ "5 Squadron." Royal Air Force, Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "9 Squadron." Royal Air Force, Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "11 Squadron." Royal Air Force, Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "12 Squadron." Royal Air Force, Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "No XIII Squadron Disbandment – RAF Marham". Royal Air Force. 13 May 2011. http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/squadron-disbandment-13052011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ↑ "14 Squadron." Royal Air Force, Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "15 Squadron". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Lake World Air Power Journal Volume 32, p. 122.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Lake Air International April 2008, p. 26.
- ↑ "25 Squadron." Royal Air Force, Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "29 Squadron." Royal Air Force, Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "31 Squadron." Royal Air Force, Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
- ↑ Urquhart, Frank (15 April 2009). "Historic squadron is disbanded – but Fighting Cocks may fly again". The Scotsman. http://news.scotsman.com/britisharmedforces/Historic-squadron-is-disbanded-.5179515.jp.
- ↑ "56 Squadron." Royal Air Force, Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "111 Squadron." Royal Air Force, Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "617 Squadron." Royal Air Force. Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
- ↑ Lake World Air Power Journal Volume 32, p. 125.
- ↑ "Typhoons arrive in Falklands." Falklands.gov, September 2009.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Lake World Air Power Journal Volume 32, p. 126.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 Lake World Air Power Journal Volume 32, p. 137.
- Lake, Jon. "Aircraft of the RAF: Part 1 – Panavia Tornado". Air International, Vol. 74, No. 4, April 2008, pp. 24–29. ISSN 0306-5634.
- Lake, Jon. "Tornado Variant Briefing: Part III: Tornado Operators". World Air Power Journal, Volume 32, Spring 1998, pp. 118–137. London: Aerospace Publishing. ISBN 1-86184-006-3. ISSN 0959-7050.
- List, Friedrich. "German Air Arms Review". Air International, Vol. 70, No. 5, May 2006, pp. 50–57. ISSN 0306-5634.
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