File:RAF Tornado GR4 Aircraft at Gioia Del Colle Airbase, Italy during Operation Ellamy MOD 45153408.jpg

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English: A Tornado GR4 aircraft of the Royal Air Force is pictured at Gioia Del Colle Airbase in Southern Italy during Operation Ellamy, the UK's contribution to enforce the Libya no-fly zone earlier in 2011.

The Tornado GR4 is a variable geometry, two-seat, day or night, all-weather attack aircraft capable of delivering a wide variety of weapons. Powered by two Rolls-Royce RB 199 Mk 103 turbofan engines, the GR4 is capable of low-level supersonic flight and can sustain a high subsonic cruise speed.

The aircraft can fly automatically at low level using Terrain Following Radar (TFR) when poor weather prevents visual flight. The aircraft is also equipped with Forward Looking InfraRed (FLIR) and is Night Vision Goggle (NVG) compatible.

This gives it a relatively unique all weather night capability as well as making it an impressive platform for mounting passive night electro-optical operations.

  • Organization: RAF
  • Object Name: Ellamy-906-110602-0198-Out-Unc-0009
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Aircraft, Offensive, Tornado, Operations, Theatres, Libya
  • Keywords: Tornado, Sunset, Sunrise, Royal Air Force, RAF, Equipment, Aircraft, Jet, Fighter, Offensive, GR4, Operation, Op, Campaign, Ellamy, Unified Protector, Libya
  • Country: Italy
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