Panavia Tornado Air Defence Variant (ADV) GR3 Tornado. XAV 4159-394
The F3 Air Defence Variant (ADV) Tornado is armed with short-range and medium-range air-to-air missiles. A typical weapons payload would include four Sidewinder short-range missiles and four Skyflash medium-range missiles. Tornado F3 aircraft were the first aircraft to be fitted with the short-range MBDA ASRAAM air-to-air missile which entered service in January 2001 and was declared ready for operational deployment in September 2002. 100 RAF F3 Tornadoes have been upgraded to carry AIM-20 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, Raytheon IFF 4810 SIFF (Successor Identification Friend or Foe) system and Honeywell laser inertial navigation system. The aircraft is equipped with a BAE SYSTEMS Foxhunter radar, which provides long-range search capability and enables the aircraft to engage targets at beyond visual range. In July 2004, the UK Ministry of Defence announced that one squadron of RAF Tornado F3 of 13 aircraft, the XI(F), stationed at RAF Leeming, would be disbanded in October 2005.
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Location: RAF Lossiemouth, Moray. Grampian United Kingdom.
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