Air International 2019-05
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Beriev A-50 Mainstay, side number 50, with a MiG-31 Foxbat over Moscow on a May day parade flypast.
During the first year of Operation Shader, Tornado GR4s conducting missions over Iraq were refuelled by coalition tankers including Royal Australian Air Force KC-30s.
Aircrew and ground crew prepare Tornado GR4 ZA461/026 and live Strom Shadow missiles at RAF Marham prior to an Operational Ellamy mission.
A Tornado GR4 laden with two Storm Shadow missiles departs RAF Marham.
Tornado GR4s ZA587, ZA601 and ZD744 were the last to return to RAF Marham on February 5, 2019. The three-ship made a farewell flypast over RAF Akrotiri.
Tornado GR4 ZA449/020 uploads fuel from a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-150 Polaris tanker over Iraq.
Tornado GR4 ZA556/047 landing at RAF Akrotiri after a patrol mission over Syria and Iraq armed with two Paveway IVs and one Brimstone missile; the aircraft made its first flight on September 8, 1981 and its final flight on November 15, 2018.
A Tornado GR4 armed with two Paveway IVs and one Brimstone missile prior to a night mission at RAF Akrotiri in November 2018.