List of Panavia Tornado operators
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| A Royal Air Force Tornado in flight during Operation Iraqi Freedom |
This is a list of operators of the Panavia Tornado multi-role combat aircraft.
Operators
As of 2014[update], 362 operational Tornados are in use.[1]
- Italian Air Force has 59 IDS and 15 ECR aircraft in operation as of January 2011.[2]
- 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.[3][4]
- German Air Force had 160 IDS and 34 ECR aircraft in service as of January 2011.[2] 85 aircraft (65 IDS and 20 ECR) are to remain in service until 2025.[5]
- Jagdbombergeschwader 31 "Boelcke" at Nörvenich flying IDS. Converted to Eurofighter Typhoon in 2009.[6]
- Jagdbombergeschwader 32 at Lagerlechfeld flying ECR (34 aircraft). Disbanded in March 2013, operated between August 1958 - March 2013.
- Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 33 at Büchel flying IDS. Active, 46 aircraft.[7]
- Jagdbombergeschwader 34 "Allgäu" at Memmingen. Disbanded in 2003.
- Jagdbombergeschwader 38 "Friesland" at Jever. Disbanded, German Tactical Conversion unit, August 1983–September 2005.[8][9]
- Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" at Jagel/Schleswig, flying ECR. Active, 25 aircraft.[10]
- Fliegerisches Ausbildungszentrum der Luftwaffe at Holloman Air Force Base, NM, USA, flying IDS. Operational Conversion Unit, active, flying 14 aircraft.[11]
- German Navy
- Marinefliegergeschwader 1 at Jagel, flying IDS. Disbanded, operated between 2 July 1982 – 1 January 1994.[12]
- Marinefliegergeschwader 2 at Eggebek, flying IDS. Disbanded, operated between 1986–2005.
- Royal Air Force had 35 F3, 86 GR4 and 22 GR4A aircraft in use as of January 2011.[2] By March 2015, it operated 59 GR4/4A aircraft in the forward fleet, 28 in the 'depth maintenance' fleet, and 11 in storage.[13]
- No. 2 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A until 2015. Up till 2015, 12 aircraft.[14][15]
- No. 5 Squadron at Coningsby, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1987–2003[16]
- No. 9 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A. Active, 12 aircraft.[17]
- No. 11 Squadron at Leeming, flying F3. Disbanded, operating between 1988–2005.[18]
- No. 12 Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4/4A. Active, 12 aircraft.[19]
- No. 13 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A. Disbanded 13 May 2011, 12 aircraft.[20]
- No. 14 Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4/4A. Disbanded, 12 aircraft.[21]
- No. XV (Reserve) Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4. Reserve, 26 aircraft. GR4 Operational Conversion Unit.[22]
- No. 16 Squadron at Laarbruch, flying GR1. Disbanded, operated between 13 December 1983 – 11 September 1991.[23]
- No. 17 Squadron at Brüggen, flying GR1. Disbanded, operated between 1 March 1985 – 31 March 1999.[23][24]
- No. 20 Squadron at Laarbruch, flying GR1. Disbanded, 29 June 1984–May 1992.[23]
- No. 23 Squadron at Leeming, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1 November 1988 – 28 February 1994.[23]
- No. 25 Squadron at Leeming, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1989–2008.[25]
- No. 27 Squadron at Marham, flying GR1. Disbanded, operated between 12 August 1983 – 1 October 1993.[24]
- No. 29 Squadron at Coningsby, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1987–1998.[26]
- No. 31 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A. Active, 10 aircraft.[27]
- No. 41 (Reserve) Squadron at Coningsby. The Typhoon & Tornado Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES). Reserve, 2 Aircraft.
- No. 43 Squadron at Leuchars, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1989–2009.[28]
- No. 56 (Reserve) Squadron at Leuchars, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1992–2008.[29]
- No. 111 Squadron at Leuchars, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1990–2011.[30]
- No. 617 Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4/4A. Inactive, 12 aircraft.[31]
- No. 229 OCU
(No 65 (Reserve) Squadron) at Coningsby, flying F2/3. Renumbered 56(R) Sqn, 1984–1992 F.2/3 Operational Conversion Unit.[32] - No. 1435 Flight at Mount Pleasant, flying F3. Replaced by Typhoon FGR4, 4 aircraft, based in the Falklands.[33]
- Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment at Cottesmore, flying IDS, GR1. Disbanded, operated between 1980–31 March 1999.[24][34]
- Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit
(No. 45 Squadron) at Honington, flying GR1. Renumbered XV(R) Sqn, operated between 1 August 1980 – 31 March 1992.[24][34]
- Royal Saudi Air Force has 84 IDS in operation as of January 2011.[2]
- 7th Squadron RSAF IDS[35]
- 29th Squadron RSAF ADV[35] 1989-2006[36]
- 34th Squadron RSAF ADV[35] 1989-1992[36]
- 66th Squadron RSAF IDS[35] from 1990, now inactive[36]
- 75th Squadron RSAF IDS
- 83rd Squadron RSAF IDS
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- ^ "111 Squadron." Royal Air Force, Retrieved: 5 December 2011.
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- 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.
External links
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- List of all active German Tornados
- German IDS Tornado 44+97 at the Deutsches Museum subsidiary Flugwerft Oberschleißheim, Germany (DE)