LC control no. | sh 85136121 |
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Topical heading | Panavia Tornado (Military aircraft) |
Variant(s) | MRCA Tornado (Military aircraft) Panavia MRCA Tornado (Military aircraft) Tornado (Jet fighter plane) Tornado (Military aircraft) |
See also | Jet planes, Military |
Found in | Wikipedia, 12 Jan. 2009: Panavia Tornado (the Panavia Tornado, a family of twin-engine combat aircraft, was jointly developed by the United Kingdom, West Germany, and Italy; there are three primary versions of the Tornado; the Tornado IDS (Interdictor/Strike) fighter-bomber, the Tornado ECR (Electronic Combat/Reconnaissance) and the Tornado ADV (Air Defence Variant) interceptor; in 2008 Air Forces Monthly labelled the aircraft "for more than a quarter of a century... the most important military aircraft in Western Europe"; developed and built by Panavia, a tri-national consortium consisting of British Aerospace (previously British Aircraft Corporation), MBB of West Germany, and Alenia Aeronautica of Italy, the Tornado first flew on 14 August, 1974; including all variants, 992 aircraft were built for the three partner nations and Saudi Arabia) Virtual Aircraft Museum website, 12 Jan. 2009: Aircraft directory, International, Panavia MRCA Tornado (the Panavia Tornado is a jet engine fighter-bomber and interceptor jointly developed as the Multi-role combat aircraft - or MRCA - by the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy) |