RAF GR4 Tornado ZA602 'Mac Roberts revenge' from 15 squadron based at Lossiemouth Morayshire Scotland. SCO 9632.
The GR 4 is fitted with a pilot's head-up display, multifunction head-down display and a digital map. The BAE Systems TIALD thermal imaging laser designator pod, which provides high-accuracy autonomous guidance for laser-guided weapons, has been integrated on the upgraded aircraft. From February 2007, a number of GR 4 aircraft operating in Iraq are being fitted with the Rafael 'Litening' III targeting pod. Related project Eurofighter Typhoon Multirole Combat Fighter The four-nation Eurofighter Typhoon is a foreplane delta-wing, beyond-visual-range, close air fighter aircraft with surface attack capability. The GR 4 is equipped with forward-looking infrared (FLIR). The thermal image is projected onto the pilot's head-up and head-down displays. The GR 4 has been cleared to carry enhanced Paveway II bombs, with GPS/INS (global positioning system / inertial navigation system) guidance. Raytheon was awarded a contract to integrate Paveway IV on the Tornado in February 2008, which was completed in July 2009. The aircraft are armed with the Brimstone anti-armour missile system, which entered service with initial operational capability (IOC) on the aircraft in March 2005, and Storm Shadow cruise missiles, which entered initial operational service on the Tornado aircraft in March 2003, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Size: 6580px × 3718px
Location: RAF Lossiemouth, Moray. Grampian Region. Scotland. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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