Tornado ADV

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The Tornado ADV is a long-range, twin-engine interceptor variant of the Panavia Tornado designed primarily for air defense and beyond-visual-range engagements.

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Tornado ADV canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Panavia Tornado variant
fighter aircraft
interceptor aircraft
military aircraft
airframeModification enlarged radome
lengthened fuselage
reduced strike-oriented equipment
allWeatherCapability true
alsoKnownAs Tornado Air Defence Variant NERFINISHED
Tornado F2 NERFINISHED
Tornado F3 NERFINISHED
armament 27 mm Mauser cannon
AIM-120 AMRAAM NERFINISHED
AIM-9 Sidewinder NERFINISHED
Skyflash air-to-air missile NERFINISHED
basedOn Panavia Tornado IDS NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew 2
designedFor NATO air defence NERFINISHED
air defence of the United Kingdom
long-range interception
engineType twin-engine
enteredRAFService No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit NERFINISHED
firstFlight 1979-10-27
introduced 1986
manufacturer Panavia Aircraft GmbH NERFINISHED
maxSpeed approximately Mach 2.2
operator Italian Air Force (evaluation) NERFINISHED
Royal Air Force
Royal Saudi Air Force NERFINISHED
powerplant Turbo-Union RB199 turbofan NERFINISHED
primaryUser Royal Air Force
radar Ferranti AI.24 Foxhunter NERFINISHED
range over 1800 km
replaced English Electric Lightning NERFINISHED
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in RAF service
replacedBy Eurofighter Typhoon NERFINISHED
retiredBy Royal Air Force NERFINISHED
retiredFromService 2011
role air defence
beyond-visual-range engagement
long-range interceptor
serviceCeiling approximately 50000 ft
usedByRAFSquadron No. 11 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 111 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 25 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 29 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 43 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 5 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 56 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED

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Panavia Tornado variant Tornado ADV
AIM-7 Sparrow missiles platform Tornado ADV
subject surface form: AIM-7 Sparrow