Tornado: The Fighter That Gave 40 Years To The RAF

[@AHSValor]

One of the very few genuinely rugged and sexy British jets

[@Jeff-uq7iu]

It's a great looking aircraft 👍

[@Barbadando]

Its german

[@AHSValor]

@@karmakazi101 Indeed, very few. The British really do have a great deal of ugly contemporary jet designs

[@sys9208]

​@@karmakazi101it's design is very human.

[@iLIKESNIPERS47]

Its a multinational design

[@deanhall5363]

Remember seeing these in the Iraq war they were awesome but have to say it took great skill and bravery from the British pilots, remember one of them doing a victory role down the Main Street in Baghdad that definitely had an effect on the minds of the Iraqis.

[@patrickhuot001]

The British Tornado will always be one of my favorite fighter jets.

[@Barbadando]

Its german

[@DanielePaglia]

It's anglo-german-italian airplane.

[@Barbadando]

@@DanielePaglia yeah right now those countries have their own version but the original design was made and created in germany

[@DanielePaglia]

@@Barbadando nope, on March 1968 Uk, West Germany and Italy founded "Panavia" and they developed the "Tornado", all these 3 countries received the first airplanes at the same time. I was in different factories in these 3 countries where they made the components.

[@Barbadando]

@@DanielePaglia but it was established in germany

[@DaveyMulholland]

Had the shi† scared out of me by these many times during my childhood on our farm. It's in a remote semi-mountainous region where they would practice. They'd suddenly be right on top of you at full throttle. Absolutely deafening and terrifying!

[@michaelzona9880]

They should refit them for a close air support role similar to US A-10 warthogs. You never know what future conflicts will require. Treetop approach to support ground troops would be terrifying to the enemy.

[@Zurvan101]

Its not suitable for CAS. It doesn't have the maneuverability required to survive that type of role. Most of the airframes were also very close to their service life meaning that new airframes would have been needed. It's essentially a mach 2 flying brick. Very good a low level attacks, either nuclear or conventional against rear area targets. Or against slow moving bombers, as long as they're not escorted by fighters. The Harrier was a much better CAS aircraft, good payload and can turn on a sixpence.

[@SituationNormalAint]

one of the sexiest looking aircraft that ever flew, well done uk🇺🇲🇬🇧

[@alebroker7587]

Wss not a Uk plane. It was a consortium, between UK, Germany and Italy.

[@alebroker7587]

@@karmakazi101 part British

[@iLIKESNIPERS47]

It might have been something like 42.5% Germany 42.5% UK and 15% Italy

[@billballbuster7186]

The Tornado F3 was a long range bomber interceptor, more agile than the Phantom but less than the Eagle.

[@razorback139]

The F3 is actually an interceptor and variant of the Tornado ADV series. I think you mean the ground attack variants of the 4th Gen fighter, the Tornado GR4 or GR1

[@billballbuster7186]

@@razorback139 The Tornado F3 was a bomber interceptor. But rather than zoom clime to altitude as the original Interceptors like the Lightning and F-104. The Tornado F3 had greater range 1,853 kilometers (F-104 - 670 Km) and so could loiter for a much longer period usually at the Iceland-Norway gap. It was no slouch could hit Mach 2.3 at 30,000 ft.

[@Millmiglia001]

NOTE HE SAID 'RETIRED' NOT SCRAPPED - THAT'S MILITARY SPEAK FOR MOTHBALLED UNTIL NEEDED AGAIN.

[@Orbital_Inclination]

They're gone. Many are now in museums or used for technician training, but none are still airworthy

[@Mr.Viridian]

May the Tornado serve the Luftwaffe as long as possible

[@staceymoss7029]

Now that's what a fighter should look like❤

[@johngregory4801]

One helluva great plane!

[@motorinternet6538]

You need a documentary because your editing and voice (idk if it's ai) are perfect for a documentary

[@Garrus.Vakarian]

"As of March 31st" R.A.F Tornadoes have been retired since 2019, I worked on the decommissioning of an older F.3 Tornado that was decommissioned in 2011. They've been retired for years now.

[@redmondpeters6221]

I might be an Irishman but the Tornado is one of my favourite British aircraft.

[@smokejaguar67]

I had a good friend who was a Tornado GR4 pilot. An awesome chap

[@davidkeat77]

Tornado is one Sick fighter jet 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧

[@luichinplaystation610]

That clip of accelerationtion is like a fine tea

[@Maxley..]

The mighty Tonka. Twin RB-199s and a moving map display. Literally. A map that moved, showing the continent you were probably on. But damn, it was a fine ship.

[@mab2187]

This thing is a true Brick with wings and engines.

[@paulaol248]

The royal air force of great Britain 🇬🇧.. Flew the tornado fast and low and came out of knowhere and slapped the enemies of great Britain 💪

[@Beeboyjack]

I got to sit in one of these 2 days ago! So cool

[@1chish]

The RAF Tornados were trained to fly nuclear strikes at 150 feet. When they were deployed to Desert Storm they had to fly higher. At 250 feet to make safe delivery of the soon to be outlawed JP233 airfield bomblet system. To put that in context F-15s and other allied aircraft providing cover flew at 20,000 feet. When Saddam's air bases had been pretty much disabled in the first week the Tonkas switched to Laser guided munition directed by Buccaneers or with their own laser pods allowing the use of Paveway IV guided bombs. The 61 deployed RAF Tornado GR1s flew some 2,535 sorties employing 106 JP233s, and dropping 3,631 unguided 1,000-pound bombs, and 1,079 laser-guided bombs. They also flew 140 reconnaissance sorties and fired some 113 Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missiles (ALARMs) on SEAD missions. RAF crews were suffering a loss every 80 sorties because of the nature of the low level flights compared to one every 750 for US sorties operating at higher levels.

[@jamilhussain5421]

This is 1 badass fighter plane!!!!

[@MarcG7424]

The UK Typhoon and the U.S Ardvark different countries same mission 💪🇬🇧🇺🇲

[@georgepantazis141]

F111c 🦘 Australia wish we still had them in the RAAF.

[@Kontro_7]

My favourite millitary aircraft!

[@kbtred51]

Just disable these garbage cuts from your feed. In 1968, West Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Canada formed a working group for the Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA). As the partner nations' requirements were so diverse, it was decided to develop a single aircraft that could perform a variety of missions that were previously undertaken by a fleet of different aircraft. Britain later joined the MRCA group.

[@herpderp4908]

"the u.k. plane"? what?!

[@m4rkoza7]

UK's, Italy's and Germany's joint effort, so I guess it atleast partially counts

[@chrisoberg6888]

Panavia

[@davidd.c.9344]

Accuracy isn't a "thing" with some of the amateur youtubers.

[@allgood6760]

Awesome 👍✈️

[@bryfunkenstein]

It's like a mini B1B...

[@reynracoma9834]

What a F14 was originally going to somewhat look like.

[@djtomoy]

Well thank god the spectre of nuclear war no longer looms over Europe and we all get along smashingly 😊

[@Legion-xq8eo]

Other than Vlad threatening nuclear war every other week since his failed invasion of Ukraine!!

[@nemo._.nobody]

Smashingly being the key word i suppose

[@abdulrahmanabdulhamid755]

Jet yg paling menarik dan garang rekabentok nye dpd yg lain,2

[@JamesW81]

Would be a great addition to DCS.

[@kkelwin1960]

No match for the Chariots. Psalms 91:7 [7]A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

[@sidgar1]

The Tornado looks like a baby F-14

[@khsh99]

Many of those tornados were lost in peace time . 😅

[@regesterw]

It wanted to be an F-111 when it grew up !!!

[@tusharchatterjee8986]

😂😂

[@damedusa5107]

It was a far more capable aircraft, grew up much better.

[@raviation7]

Gd job man

[@rovercoupe7104]

It was a product of international co-operation between Italy, Germany and the UK. M.

[@user-vd8xs6zd5w]

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[@diegopozze6567]

Ehilà guys also Italian air force......and we are still using.

[@pulsar-helios-A]

its german and british but mostly german and u call it a uk plane bruh

[@thereisnofridge5593]

where did you get the idea that it was mostly german? also, italy was heavily involved

[@iroezekiela7295]

The Baby Tomcat

[@Orbital_Inclination]

More like an F-111. This was never designed for naval use

[@RustyOnGT]

So it basically like the British version of the F-14?

[@Orbital_Inclination]

More like the F-111

[@joserafaelgarciamorales8724]

cold ❄️war air craft.

[@jarrydarrah3064]

The whats!!! Riggers??

[@georgepantazis141]

These would be a good fit for Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@Arquon]

Hier in Deutschland wird er auch jetzt ausgesondert.

[@JazzJaRa]

Erst wenn Ersatz dafür da ist und noch hat Deutschland die F-35 nicht.

[@Arquon]

Die sind aber wenigstens mitlerweile Bestellt, oder?

[@JazzJaRa]

@@Arquon Ab 2026 soll Deutschland die ersten F-35 erhalten.

[@markjordan9059]

It wouldn’t have been a Cold War if they saw combat against Russia…

[@AR1study]

😮

[@Geojr815]

Should have took care of the Saddam regime then instead of waiting another ten years and made everyone cry about how “unjust” the Iraq war was

[@SalimSalim-zz4kk]

😂😂unjust 😂it was a lie because war is business for them they don't give a shit about people or dictatorship

[@Geojr815]

@@SalimSalim-zz4kk No it’s not so black and white. There are always many good and bad reasons to go to war. People love to hate on America and say those kinda things that you just said. But it was a very dangerous time for America and the West. There were terrorist cells all over the Middle East. INCLUDING IRAQ. Saddam had capabilities of obtaining WMDs and he was not being compliant with (I forget the organization’s name) but whoever was responsible for checking for nuclear facilities or manufacturing plants. He wasn’t letting them into Iraq. So what, do you think we should have just took Saddam at his word? America was not about to let another 9/11 happen. He was already an enemy and we should have finished the job in the Gulf War 10 years prior

[@wpatrickw2012]

I wish the RAF would not have been so quick to scrap their Tornadoes, they would have been very useful in Ukraine. 😢

[@brotherenoch6838]

The Tornado was/is a Beast! Often overlooked by those who are not in the know. Know this you would be hard pressed to find a more rugged and reliable airframe than the Tornado 🌪️ Hat’s off to 40 years of service 🫡

[@burn-zv2um]

Eight tornadoes lost in Gulf war. It's now been replaced with drones.

[@Orbital_Inclination]

It's not been replaced with drones. It's been replaced with Typhoon upgrades and the F-35B in RAF service.

[@TheC-130]

💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@user-hg7hy8lv1m]

🤦😳🇬🇧🤮🤮🤮

[@TheC-130]

@@user-hg7hy8lv1m 💀💀💀💀💀

[@user-hg7hy8lv1m]

@@TheC-130 🇬🇧🤮🤮🤮

[@TheC-130]

@@user-hg7hy8lv1m 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Number1sineaterfan]

​@@user-hg7hy8lv1m Skill issue

[@kilovolt7008]

Why is there what looks like a tomcat

[@marcgucciardo1942]

Shares Swing wing orsmness

[@AR1study]

Why you fears Russia ?

[@thomaslake2946]

Better than the Eurofighter

[@jamilhussain5421]

​@@karmakazi101i aggree

[@iLIKESNIPERS47]

Not really but it looks way better than the Eurofighter

[@damedusa5107]

@@jamilhussain5421then you would be stupid.

[@robertbolding4182]

I think the English lost some to The Patriot missile.

[@RazelDiel-vh9tp]

Let's go ❤😅

[@STASHYNSKYI]

Tornado was shoot down by Serbian army in Bosnia 1994. Not army of Serbia but army of Republika Srpska.

[@pjkdragoon]

That's why it would be ideal for ukraine

[@abhinandhanandh9359]

Jagur

[@abolfazlmomeni8465]

🇩🇪💪💪💪💪💪

[@RollingBowlingTrolling]

Dear US, please stop naming stuff after our old kit. The LIGHTNING was a beautiful piece of bodge job. The f35 is just the f35. Av8 is name that should never have existed. Typically when gloating its the av8 but when talking about its faults you call it harrier... funny that isn't it!

[@wanderschlosser1857]

There was a Lockheed P38 Lightning in WW2 and that was American. Long before the British English Electric Lightning.

[@Bryan-cd9cl]

I have no voice 😮

[@kurtman752]

They got fkd in irak

[@chrishalsall188]

The most beautiful jet ever built for my money.

[@Ali_Hassani537]

Combat 😂 iraq has no air fighters only 2 one of them mig 25 and shoot down F18 us pilot is Spyker

[@piay9647]

panavia

[@thaitraveller9756]

Another plane more reliable than the American aircraft that UK has got now

[@milkybar06]

Might need them in ukraine

[@SasaImbroane-ss8nh]

🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@r.guerreiro140]

Why don't send them to Ukraine?

[@misterbig9025]

Tornado didn't do well during the first gulf war.

[@cosmos237]

Tornado ran many of the most dangerous sorties.

[@billcook7483]

Yes it did.

[@philips170t]

Terrain following strategy didn’t work well. It got shot down.

[@billcook7483]

@@philips170t Did they achieve their missions ? Yes they did. Military aircraft have been getting shot down since they were first developed , that's the nature of warfare , it doesn't mean that aircraft are not effective , if that was the case no one would have any . Your comment is infantile , probably deliberately so, because you're a knob.

[@damedusa5107]

That’s a silly take. It was given the riskiest missions and the hardest targets. Due to it ability’s, it went in low and attacked the most defended places like airfields. You are going to get losses attacking airfields with multiple air defence systems.

[@paulclarke4776]

Give the Ukrainian Air Force these badboys..???

[@ytsux9259]

These "bad" boys are just 3rd-gen fighters; nothing special.

[@paulclarke4776]

@@ytsux9259 bro, its the Russians their fighting???? Fuckin paper aeroplanes would do those suckas damage!!!!

[@keithprinn720]

The Harrier, Vulcan, F4 Phantom and Tornado were massive value and effective for the RAF. against the soviet threats.Litghning is a disgrace and failure so many ways.

[@Legion-xq8eo]

Yeah that’s why it’s been over 1k sold!! Three different models and different mission capabilities built into each one, most widespread and mass produced 5th gen fighter, most widely adopted fifth gen fighter, first fighter fully capable of talking with and relaying assets to and from others so much so it’s like a flying database, god knows how many different contries came together to built parts for it so it has the widest distribution network of ANY fighter ever, any jet ever really but yeah sure it’s a failure!! I’m sure you know better than all the west’s engineers and greatest military minds put together!!

[@ucihasenjusenju641]

Give to Ukraina for fight rusian

[@Firefighter2539]

Has it ever been considered to give them to Ukraine? 🤔 Germany will outphase theirs too and replace them with F35. They could be useful if they sped up the process.

[@raghurajms]

Why donating old planes for Ukrainian pilots, are they don't deserve new ones

[@Firefighter2539]

@@raghurajms As they are available and expandable. Personally I would support ramping up military peosuction in order to give them better gear.

[@raghurajms]

@@Firefighter2539 a long lasting war is not good for anyone, but this war is not going to finish in near future

[@ytsux9259]

It's just a 3rd-gen fighter; nothing special about it.

[@davidd.c.9344]

When it came out in the 80's is was.

[@Ade-mu4zn]

🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@dopeterr8788]

The UK ain’t shit without the US and Nato

[@Number1sineaterfan]

There's like 2 countries in the world that could do anything without support what you just said means nothing

[@msamadi7336]

Persian gulf learn it

[@kenson9334]

Nato junk copy of mig 25

[@iLIKESNIPERS47]

MiG 25 is a High altitude fixed wing mach 3 interceptor, The Tornado is a Variable Wing Sweep strike aircraft, How is it a copy of the MiG 25?

[@DEPjr0113]

Tornado is an awesome jet!

[@kirkengnath5501]

lnteresting how one plane was retired and then replaced by two new aircraft's. Not really a money saving tactic. up dating the Tornado would have been less expensive than designing and building two new plane's.

[@Orbital_Inclination]

The F-35 and Typhoon are far more capable aircraft than Tornado. Upgrading the Tonka to compete with either would have been practically pointless.