Here are the articles we compiled to mark the retirement of the Tornado from Royal Air Force service in March 2019

Farewell Tornado – Tornado Tails

Farewell Tornado – Tornado Tails

The Global Aviation Resource team, along with some of our contributors, have collated more than 500 images from our combined archives to pay tribute to the Tornado GR and to all those people who were involved with it in Royal Air Force service. That entire gallery is presented here as the final part of our Farewell Tornado series.

read more
Farewell Tornado – Tornado Tales

Farewell Tornado – Tornado Tales

In this exclusive ‘Farewell Tornado’ feature we hear from some of those who operated the aircraft and worked alongside it during its lengthy service career. These are – Tornado Tales. Images as credited.  

read more
Farewell Tornado – Disbandment parade and the final flight

Farewell Tornado – Disbandment parade and the final flight

The final farewell to the iconic Tornado aircraft and personnel that have served on her Squadrons took place yesterday at RAF Marham with the disbandment parade of the last two remaining squadrons IX(B) and 31 Squadron. Words and images courtesy of RAF Marham / Crown Copyright.

read more
Farewell Tornado – The history of The Mighty Fin

Farewell Tornado – The history of The Mighty Fin

With the Royal Air Force retiring its final Tornado aircraft this week, Gareth Stringer takes a look at the history behind this hugely successful platform, one that has provided the UK’s frontline strike capability for three decades. Images as credited.

read more
Farewell Tornado – Tornado GR.1 Gulf War 1 (Part 2)

Farewell Tornado – Tornado GR.1 Gulf War 1 (Part 2)

To commence our ‘Farewell Tornado’ coverage, we recently re-published the first part of our Tornado GR.1 Gulf War series, which originally appeared on GAR in 2011. As promised, and just as it appeared on the site eight years ago, here is part two.

read more

Don't miss a thing - subscribe to GAR now

Enter your email address to subscribe to GAR and you will only receive notifications of new features & articles.