Panavia Tornado operators

Tornado IDS/ECR/ADV
A Royal Air Force Tornado in flight during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Role	Multirole fighter
Manufacturer	Panavia Aircraft GmbH
First flight	14 August 1974
Introduction	1979
Status	Operational
Primary users	Royal Air Force Luftwaffe Italian Air Force Royal Saudi Air Force
Produced	1979–1998
Number built	992
Variants	Panavia Tornado ADV

This is a list of operators of the Panavia Tornado multi-role combat aircraft.

Operators

 Italy

• Italian Air Force has 59 IDS and 15 ECR aircraft in operation as of January 2011.^[1]
  • 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.^[2][3]

 Germany

• Luftwaffe has 160 IDS and 34 ECR aircraft in service as of January 2011.^[1]
  • Jagdbombergeschwader 31 "Boelcke" at Nörvenich, flying IDS. Active, 34 aircraft, transitioning to Eurofighter.^[4]
  • Jagdbombergeschwader 32 at Lagerlechfeld flying ECR. Active, 34 aircraft.
  • Jagdbombergeschwader 33 at Büchel flying IDS. Active, 36 aircraft, will transition to Eurofighter.
  • Jagdbombergeschwader 34 "Allgäu" at Memmingen. Disbanded in 2003.
  • Jagdbombergeschwader 38 "Friesland" at Jever. Disbanded, German Tactical Conversion unit, August 1983–September 2005.^[5][6]
  • Aufklärungsgeschwader 51 "Immelmann" at Jagel/Schleswig, flying RECCE. Active, 46 aircraft.

• German Navy
  • Marinefliegergeschwader 1 at Jagel, flying IDS. Disbanded, operated between 2 July 1982–1 January 1994.^[7]
  • Marinefliegergeschwader 2 at Eggebek, flying IDS. Disbanded, operated between 1986–2005.

 United Kingdom

• Royal Air Force has 35 F3, 86 GR4 and 22 GR4A aircraft in use as of January 2011.^[1]
  • No. 2 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A. Active, 12 aircraft.^[8]
  • No. 5 Squadron at Coningsby, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1987–2003^[9]
  • No. 9 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A. Active, 12 aircraft.^[10]
  • No. 11 Squadron at Leeming, flying F3. Disbanded, operating between 1988–2005.^[11]
  • No. 12 Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4/4A. Active, 12 aircraft.^[12]
  • No. 13 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A. Disbanded 13 May 2011, 12 aircraft.^[13]
  • No. 14 Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4/4A. Disbanded, 12 aircraft.^[14]
  • No. XV (Reserve) Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4. Reserve, 26 aircraft. GR4 Operational Conversion Unit.^[15]
  • No. 16 Squadron at Laarbruch, flying GR1. Disbanded, operated between 13 December 1983–11 September 1991.^[16]
  • No. 17 Squadron at Brüggen, flying GR1. Disbanded, operated between 1 March 1985–31 March 1999.^[16][17]
  • No. 20 Squadron at Laarbruch, flying GR1. Disbanded, 29 June 1984–May 1992.^[16]
  • No. 23 Squadron at Leeming, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1 November 1988–28 February 1994.^[16]
  • No. 25 Squadron at Leeming, flying F3. Disbanded, operated betweeen 1989–2008.^[18]
  • No. 27 Squadron at Marham, flying GR1. Disbanded, operated between 12 August 1983–1 October 1993.^[17]
  • No. 29 Squadron at Coningsby, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1987–1998.^[19]
  • No. 31 Squadron at Marham, flying GR4/4A. Active, 10 aircraft.^[20]
  • No. 43 Squadron at Leuchars, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1989–2009.^[21]
  • No. 56 (Reserve) Squadron at Leuchars, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1992–2008.^[22]
  • No. 111 Squadron at Leuchars, flying F3. Disbanded, operated between 1990–2011.^[23]
  • No. 617 Squadron at Lossiemouth, flying GR4/4A. Active, 12 aircraft.^[24]
  • No. 229 OCU
    (No 65 (Reserve) Squadron) at Coningsby, flying F2/3. Renumbered 56(R) Sqn, 1984–1992 F.2/3 Operational Conversion Unit.^[25]
  • No. 1435 Flight at Mount Pleasant, flying F3. Replaced by Typhoon F2, 4 aircraft, based in the Falklands.^[26]
  • Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment at Cottesmore, flying IDS, GR1. Disbanded, operated between 1980–31 March 1999.^[17][27]
  • Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit
    (No. 45 Squadron) at Honington, flying GR1. Renumbered XV(R) Sqn, operated between 1 August 1980–31 March 1992.^[17][27]

 Saudi Arabia

• Royal Saudi Air Force has 84 IDS in operation as of January 2011.^[1]
  • No. 7 Squadron RSAF IDS^[28]
  • No. 29 Squadron RSAF ADV^[28]
  • No. 34 Squadron RSAF ADV^[28]
  • No. 66 Squadron RSAF IDS^[28]
  • No. 75 Squadron RSAF IDS
  • No. 83 Squadron RSAF IDS

References

External links

• Airforce Fact Files on Airforce-technology.com
• Tornado (BAe) on Fas.org
• Panavia Tornado IDS Attack Bomber on Aerospaceweb.org
• Panavia Tornado on Tornado-data.com
• List of all active German Tornados
• German IDS Tornado 44+97 at the Deutsches Museum subsidiary Flugwerft Oberschleißheim, Germany (DE)

Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado squadrons GR1 No. 16 Squadron · No. 17 Squadron · No. 20 Squadron · No. 27 Squadron GR4 No. 9 Squadron · No. 12 Squadron · No. 14 Squadron · No. 15 (Reserve) Squadron · No. 31 Squadron · No. 617 Squadron GR4A No. 2 Squadron · No. 13 Squadron F3 No. 5 Squadron · No. 11 Squadron · No. 23 Squadron · No. 25 Squadron · No. 29 Squadron · No. 43 Squadron · No. 111 Squadron

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