MoD link has a video and confirms the GR4 Tornados involved in the Syria strikes were flown by No. 31 Squadron, the Goldstars.
NickC wrote:
Last November German talk about introducing a new, fixed scheme for financial contributions, abandoning the practice of going by the number of airframes used in each nation (presume if accepted Britain will still pay though to 2035 to support the German aircraft), German unsure what financial contributions can be expected of the Italians (not a surprise, looks like German wishful thinking though one never knows, it will depend on the small print in tri-service agreement, re. para. below, may be some horse trading agreement can be reached).
topman wrote:Wouldn't surprise me if the GAF bought spares and/or airframes when we retire the GR4 fleet.
Operation Shader - the UK's contribution to the fight against the so-called Islamic State - is almost four. One of the RAF's aircraft with a key role in the mission is the outgoing Tornado GR4.
A two-seat switch-wing (or VG, variable-geometry wing) aircraft, the Tornado has served in a range of roles, as fighter and ground-attack aircraft.Developed and then renewed in recent years by then-Prime Minister David Cameron, the jet was kept in its role bombing ISIS from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus for longer than originally planned.
the jet was kept in its role bombing ISIS from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus for longer than originally planned.
SW1 wrote: if u ever wanted to see what size of force you need to sustain a Sqn deployment of around 8-10 a/c then it gives an indication you need 3 not 2
ArmChairCivvy wrote:SW1 wrote: if u ever wanted to see what size of force you need to sustain a Sqn deployment of around 8-10 a/c then it gives an indication you need 3 not 2
Quite right.
Still better than the MRB folly (need five, with little bit of everything, to sustain one on deployment).
PS March has been mentioned as the (revised) 2019 date... might that be about right?
- Or with Trump's Syria backroom deals (I wonder what he got in return? Iran stop supplying Yemen, if US troops pull out and restrict Saudi bombing capacity by not "lending" airtankers anymore... gives you a nice export deal on top, when they buy their own)
... will our Tonkas get busier than ever?
SW1 wrote:
Still the best in the business low and fast.
29 March would have been a closer fit with the earlier expression " close to end of Q1"SW1 wrote:Planned for 28 February
indeid wrote:SW1 wrote:
Still the best in the business low and fast.
Can’t do everything though....
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... /13525.pdf
SW1 wrote:That is as weird a FOI question as you’ll get either the person has no idea what a tornado is or is just an idiot or both
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