Tornado F3
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The Tornado F3 is a British twin-engine, two-seat air defense variant of the Panavia Tornado fighter aircraft, designed primarily for long-range interception missions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tornado | 1 |
| Tornado F3 canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Panavia Tornado variant
ⓘ
fighter aircraft variant ⓘ interceptor aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeBasedOn | Panavia Tornado ⓘ |
| armament |
AMRAAM air-to-air missile
ⓘ
surface form:
AIM-120 AMRAAM
AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles ⓘ
surface form:
AIM-9 Sidewinder
Skyflash missiles ⓘ air-to-air missiles ⓘ |
| configuration |
twin-engine
ⓘ
twin-seat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| designedFor | long-endurance combat air patrols ⓘ |
| engineType | twin-engine ⓘ |
| equippedWith | Foxhunter radar ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1986 ⓘ |
| hasAvionics | advanced interception radar and fire-control system ⓘ |
| introduced | 1986 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Panavia Aircraft GmbH ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | around Mach 2.2 ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 150 ⓘ |
| operator |
Aeronautica Militare
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Air Force (in evaluation/limited use)
Royal Saudi Air Force ⓘ |
| powerplant | 2 × Turbo-Union RB199 turbofan engines ⓘ |
| primaryMission | beyond-visual-range interception ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| replaced | English Electric Lightning in RAF air defence role ⓘ |
| retiredBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| retiredFromService | 2011 ⓘ |
| role |
air defence
ⓘ
long-range interception ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Eurofighter Typhoon in RAF service ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Gulf War
ⓘ
NATO air policing ⓘ
surface form:
NATO air defence missions
Operation Southern Watch ⓘ |
| variantOf |
Panavia Tornado
ⓘ
surface form:
Panavia Tornado ADV
|
| wingType | variable-sweep wing ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tornado