Recognition

Short, fat fuselage with a very large, swept fin and rudder (2). Shoulder-mounted 'swing wings' can be operated between 25° and 67° of sweep (3). Two-seat tandem cockpit (4) and a short nose cone (1). All moving tailplane on the sides of the twin engine tailpipes. Two small pods under the forward fuselage house the laser-guiding and infra-red night vision systems. The easiest ways to differentiate between the GR4 and Tornado F3, which was retired in 2011, are the shape of the nose; the GR4 nose is blunt and stubby (1); the F3's is longer and sleeker (5). The F3 also lacks the under-chin pods of the GR4 whilst the F3 airframe is also 6½ feet (2.16m) longer.

In Flight

Tornado gallery