Panavia Tornado

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The Panavia Tornado is a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft developed jointly by the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy, renowned for its low-level strike and interdiction capabilities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military aircraft
multirole combat aircraft
twin‑engine jet aircraft
variable‑sweep wing aircraft
armament air‑to‑surface missiles
anti‑radiation missiles
internal cannon
laser‑guided bombs
countryOfOrigin Italy
United Kingdom
West Germany
crew 2
designedFor all‑weather operations
low‑level penetration
nuclear strike capability
developedBy Italy
United Kingdom
West Germany
engineModel Turbo-Union RB199
surface form: Turbo‑Union RB199
engineType turbofan
enteredServiceWith German Air Force
Aeronautica Militare
surface form: Italian Air Force

Royal Air Force
firstFlight 1974-08-14
introduced 1979
manufacturer Panavia Aircraft GmbH
maxSpeed Mach 2.2
notableFeature swing‑wing design
terrain‑following radar
numberOfEngines 2
operators German Air Force
Aeronautica Militare
surface form: Italian Air Force

Royal Air Force
Royal Saudi Air Force
primaryRole electronic warfare aircraft
ground‑attack aircraft
interdiction aircraft
reconnaissance aircraft
strike aircraft
programPartners Alenia Aeronautica
surface form: Aeritalia

British Aerospace
MBB
serviceCeiling 50000 ft
status being phased out in some air forces
in service
Tornado ADV air defence variant
Tornado ECR electronic combat/reconnaissance variant
Tornado IDS interdictor/strike variant
usedInConflict Bosnian War
Gulf War
Iraq War
Kosovo War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan
variant Tornado ADV
Tornado ECR
Tornado IDS
wingConfiguration variable‑sweep

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Mauser BK-27 27 mm cannon usedInAircraft Panavia Tornado
subject surface form: Mauser BK-27
Storm Shadow cruise missile launchPlatform Panavia Tornado
subject surface form: Storm Shadow
ASRAAM short-range air-to-air missile designedForPlatform Panavia Tornado
subject surface form: ASRAAM
Bell X-5 influenced Panavia Tornado
RAF No. 111 Squadron aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado F3
Operation Granby equipmentUsed Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1 aircraft
Panavia Tornado GR4 basedOn Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1
Panavia Tornado GR4 aircraftFamily Panavia Tornado
Panavia Tornado GR4 originatedAsUpgradeOf Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1
No. 617 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1
RAF Honington basedAircraftType Panavia Tornado
Storm Shadow compatibleAircraft Panavia Tornado
Taurus KEPD 350 launchPlatform Panavia Tornado
RAF Strike Command equipment Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1
Royal Saudi Air Force operatesAircraft Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado IDS
Royal Saudi Air Force operatesAircraft Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado ADV
No. 11 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado F3
No. 6 Squadron RAF operatedAircraft Panavia Tornado
No. 41 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1
No. 29 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado F3
No. 3 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado F3
No. 2 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1
German Air Force uses Panavia Tornado
British Aerospace collaboratedOn Panavia Tornado
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm notableProduct Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado (as consortium partner)
English Electric Lightning successor Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado F3
RAF Coningsby basedAircraftHistorically Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado F3
RAF Coningsby basedAircraftHistorically Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1
RAF Leuchars formerPrimaryAircraft Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado F3
No. 111 Squadron aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado F3
No. 56 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado F3
Tornado F3 airframeBasedOn Panavia Tornado
Tornado F3 variantOf Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado ADV
No. 54 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1
No. 14 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1
No. 12 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1
Turbo-Union RB199 usedInAircraft Panavia Tornado
Turbo-Union RB199 primaryUserAircraft Panavia Tornado
Turbo-Union RB199 designedForAircraft Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado IDS
Turbo-Union RB199 designedForAircraft Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado ECR
Turbo-Union RB199 designedForAircraft Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado ADV
Turbo-Union RB199 notableOperatorAircraft Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force Tornado
Turbo-Union RB199 notableOperatorAircraft Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Luftwaffe Tornado
Turbo-Union RB199 notableOperatorAircraft Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Aeronautica Militare Tornado
Turbo-Union RB199 notableOperatorAircraft Panavia Tornado
this entity surface form: Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado
ALARM anti-radiation missile launchPlatform Panavia Tornado
subject surface form: ALARM
this entity surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1
Panavia Aircraft GmbH product Panavia Tornado
Panavia Aircraft GmbH notableWork Panavia Tornado
Panavia Aircraft GmbH developed Panavia Tornado