Panavia Tornado GR1A, ZE116 / BS160, Royal Air Force
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Registration: ZE116
Construction Number: BS160
Code Number: DG
Military Unit: 31 Squadron
Model Panavia Tornado GR1A
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: RAF Fairford (FFD / EGVA), UK - England
Airshow: Fairford - IAT - 1993
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 24/07/1993
Date Submitted: 16/06/2010
Photographed in the static display at IAT93 this Tornado is from 31 (Goldstars) Squadron then based at RAF Bruggen. She made her first flight on the 27th October 1986, and was delivered to the RAF on the 12th November. The GR1A was a reconnaissance variant of the Tornado IDS and was equipped with the TIRRS (Tornado Infra-Red Reconnaissance System). She was later upgraded to GR4A standard and was recently still on the strength of 13 Squadron based at RAF Marham coded '116'.
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