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    Airframe Family: Panavia PA-200 Tornado
    Latest Model:Tornado GR.1
    Last Military Serial:ZA374 RAF
    Construction Number:178/BS056/3088
    Compressed ID:Panavia Tornado GR.1 sn ZA374 RAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Tornado GR.1.

    16 September 1982

    First flight.

    29 October 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n ZA374.

    June 1983

    Transferred to Tactical Weapons Conversion Unit, RAF Honington.

    23 September 1989


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Tornado GR.1 of the Tactical Weapons Conversion Unit based at RAF Honington, Suffolk on display at the 1989 RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain Airshow.

    From By July 1990 to 1993

    Transferred to 17 Squadron, RAF Bruggen, Germany.
    Operated with markings: ZD374, CN

    By January 1991

    Deployed to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Flew combat missions during Operation Desert Storm.

    Circa January 1991

    Markings Applied: Miss Behavin

    July 1993

    Involved in an incident.
    Suffered an electrical fire in the main wheel bearig while on detachment to Decimomannu, Sardinia.

    25 November 1993

    Transported by air.
    Flown from Sardinia to RAF Bruggen aboard An-124 Ruslan RA-82042 operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines based in Ulyanovsk, Russia.

    By February 1995

    To 617 Squadron, Lossiemouth.
    Markings added: AJ-L

    October 2002

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Markings added: Miss Behavin, CN
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    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson
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