Panavia Tornado | The legendary swing-wing combat aircraft of Europe

We are investigating the Tornado, an excellent strike aircraft, an old-school interceptor, and a nightmare for the air defence systems. #tornado #aviation #luftwaffe

Due to some copyright issues, we had to remake our Panavia Tornado video.

Why did leading European countries decide to work together on a combat aircraft, such as the Tornado?
Why did the aircraft not achieve noteworthy success in the international market?
What are the histories of the Tornado IDS, Tornado ADV, and Tornado ECR?
What are the combat experiences of the aircraft?

00:00 Introduction
01:24 Historical background
02:24 Programme history
03:59 Tornado IDS / Tornado GR1 (with naval strike variants - Tornado GR1B)
05:05 Design
06:17 Tornado ADV / Tornado F2 / Tornado F3
07:30 Reconnaissance Tornados (Tornado ECR / Tornado GR1A / Tornado GR4A)
08:39 Users
08:58 Specifications
11:15 Combat history

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[Barbaroossa]

My American friends will attempt to exorcise me for this but IMHO the Panavia Tornado is the coolest looking swing-wing aircraft ever.

[dovidell]

One of the most awesome sights I ever witnessed, and photographed, was a Panavia Tornado flying alongside an F 35 , and an Avro Lancaster at Duxford in 2018

[deadronin]

The F-3 tornado is amazing
Tornado ECR is just badass

A true legend of the sky
One plane was a true multi purpose rule
RESPECT TO THIS LEGEND OF THE SKY

[davequinn]

My favourite aircraft. Seeing these as a kid flying over my house daily got me interested in to fighter/attack jets. The Jaguar & A-10. ❤

[Adrian-qkfn]

One correction.
In your video you say that the RAF was the only air force that used the ADV variant. However that is not accurate as both the Royal Saudi Air Force and the Italian Air Force also operated this variant.
In the case of the Royal Saudi Air Force they ordered 24 Tornado ADVs alongside 48 Tornado IDSs under the first Al-Yammanah order. However, dissatisfaction with the ADVs in Saudi service meant they did not order any more. They operated them between 1989 to 2006.
In the case of the Italian Air Force they leased 24 ex-RAF Tornado F3s from the UK between 1995 to 2004 as an interim measure to supplement Lockheed F104ASA Starfighters until they could be replaced by Eurofighters in the 2000s.

[kengreen]

👏 lovely video. The RAF did ( in my own opinion) get rid of the ' TONKA' quite prematurely. Very fortunate to fly in the back seat of an F3. And i didn't need a sickbag lol

[Leptospirosi]

Both Italy and Saudi Arabia employed the Tornado F3 in the late nineties.

[mohammedsaysrashid]

It was an informative and wonderful introduction video about pavian Tornado 🌪 swing-wing combat aircraft and its several versions...video clearly explained all characteristics of Tornado aircraft's and weapons are fitting to Tornado aircraft's...thank you respectful (weapon detective)channel for sharing this video

[paulmurray]

Impressive fighters. First time I saw video of one in action, it was flying real low over the Iraqi desert in 1991. Made me hold my breath, anticipating a crash any moment but of course it didn't.

[McCorduRoy]

Love the vertical backfin which looks brutal. Gorgeous looking plane. 👍

[TakumiFujiwara]

seems like the low altitudine penetration concept has an high atrition of war considering F111, Tornado and SU24

[robertcooper]

Britain should never had retired the Tornado. Thank god the Herman’s had the hindsight to upgrade and retain this fantastic aerial marvel. She is as good as any modern fighter of today and as a multi role aircraft, no better. Again, well done Germany.

[Tyler.i.]

I hope Britain has them mothballed for reserved aircraft.

[ronjon]

Too bad there wasn’t a carrier variant. Imagine the Tornado in the Falklands.

[flybobbie]

Tickles me the moving map is basically a micro fiche projector, nav. data run by a audio cassette.

[GaneshMushika]

Are you sure about the 7 hardpoints for the IDS? Under each wing, 2 plus 1 for a short range AAM, 4 or 5 (I’m not sure if there is a central point) under the fuselage = 10 or 11.

[steven]

I had the Revell 1/48 scale and I made the Kriegsmarine version.

[well-blazeredman]

Better than the F-111? That's a heck of an assertion, one minute in.

[Aeronaut]

10:25 "...Depended on the navigational skills of the pilot"... are you sure? the pilot?!