Sky Warriors: The GR-1 TORNADO

The RAF Tornado GR1 was the first generation version of the Panavia Tornado strike aircraft of the Royal Air Force. It first came into service in the early 1980s and was designed for ultra-low level penetration strikes on Warsaw Pact targets in Europe using both conventional and nuclear weapons, e.g WE177. However, the end of the Cold War precluded it from ever seeing that use. 12 SQN TORNADO GR1 © Crown copyright 2002 From http://www. ... 12 SQN TORNADO GR1 © Crown copyright 2002 From http://www. ... IDS: RSAF Tornado IDS ADV: RAF Tornado F3 ECR: Luftwaffe Tornado ECR The Panavia Tornado is a jet engine fighter-bomber jointly developed as the Multi-role combat aircraft - or MRCA - by Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force of the United Kingdom. ... Map of Warsaw Pact member countries. ... The WE177 was the last air-launched atomic bomb in the inventory of the United Kingdom. ... The Cold War ( 1947- 1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. ...


Its actual combat debut came in 1991 in the Gulf War. Nearly 60 GR1s were deployed by the United Kingdom to bases in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The main initial task of the GR1s was to use the JP233 runway denial weapon on Iraqi airfields. However, this role and other operations were costly for the force. Half a dozen GR1 aircraft were shot down by the Iraqi defences. See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. ... The Kingdom of Bahrain, or Bahrain (occasionally spelt Bahrein), is a borderless island nation in the Persian Gulf (Southwest Asia/Middle East, Asia). ... The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country on the Arabian Peninsula. ...


Following the end of the initial phase of the war, the GR1s were switched to medium level strike missions. However they lacked both equipment and training to complete these missions properly. In an emergency deployment, the UK sent out a detachment of Blackburn Buccaneer aircraft which had a laser designation capability, allowing the GR1s to drop precision guided weapons. A further crash program was initiated which saw some GR1s fitted with the TIALD laser designation system. The Blackburn Buccaneer was a British attack aircraft. ... BAE TIALD pod on Panavia Tornado TIALD, the Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator pod, is manfactured by BAE SYSTEMS and is the UKs laser designator for laser-guided bombs. ...


Many of the shortcomings of the GR1's performance in the war were addressed in a revised mid-life update programme. This update, to Tornado GR4 standard would improve capability in the medium level role while maintaining the Tornado's exceptional low-level penetration capability. In the aftermath of the war, British forces remained in the Gulf, with GR1s being based at Ali al Salem airbase in Kuwait for operations over the southern no fly zone. GR1s based there took part in Operation Desert Fox in 1998. The Tornado GR4 is a Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) used for low-level penetration to attack ground targets. ... The State of Kuwait is a small oil-rich monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia in the south and Iraq in the north. ... A Tomahawk cruise missile (TLAM) is fired from an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer during the fourth wave of attacks on Iraq. ...


1999 saw further action for the GR1 in the Kosovo War. Aircraft operated from RAF Bruggen in Germany during the first part of the war, flying precision strike missions. They later moved to a base on Corsica shortly before the war ended to bring them closer to the combat zone. The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... RAF Bruggen, Germany was until June 15, 2001 a major station of the Royal Air Force. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... This article is about the Mediterranean island. ...


Following the Kosovo War, the GR1 was phased out as more and more aircraft were upgraded to the GR4 standard. Shortly after the turn of the century this process was complete.

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[furighoni]

Excellent film..........where did you get it from.....The Tornado landing at (3:00) was P06 from Warton.........Lancashire.. I worked on it.......an its been in aGerman outside museum since about 1990..However.....Brilliant vid.

[Historystartsnow]

Thank-you. I got it from Madacy Home

Videos.

[kjsh987]

hey nice video. i am argentinian but i admire the british army specially the raf and their planes like the av8 harrier and this beauty.congratulations keep doing it

[Historystartsnow]

Thanks! My computer for making videos has a virus so I can't upload anything for now.

[furighoni]

Fantastic footage. I used to work on the early Tornado prototypes at Warton Lancashire and there is some footage of some of the old jets on there. If you dont mind me asking, where did you get the film?

[Historystartsnow]

I got it from a tin disk collection. It's called "Sky Wars, Ultimate top guns"

[WYNGARDF1]

Awesome stuff!!! I like how this aircraft came into service back in the 80's; with the matching background music, although cheesy, compliments this video well:)

[gadionson1]

Great!

[MagentaLineAviation]

Some ready good footage there!

[hogge87]

I've never thought about it before, but the Thornado has a slightly Soviet-ish look to it.

[Mrsilence4444]

@GarryHarriman Yhh xd. Plus also your building warplanes it helps to make them look badass its just common sense lol, obviously the grey their painted now has its purpose granted, but thats a little bit like buying a ferrari and painting it brown lol

[windsorbays]

5:08 seconds is porn music lmao

[Mrsilence4444]

Those were the days when RAF aircraft had proper paintjobs lol

[Mr567963]

does anybody know whats is the song´s name

[GMLN90]

bellisimo!

[kieranprotsmith]

great vid man