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The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing combat aircraft, which was jointly developed and manufactured by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy. There are three primary variants of the Tornado; the Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike) fighter-bomber, the suppression of enemy air defences Tornado ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) and the Tornado ADV (air defence variant) interceptor. The Tornado was developed and built by Panavia Aircraft GmbH, a tri-national consortium consisting of British Aerospace (previously British Aircraft Corporation), MBB of West Germany, and Aeritalia of Italy. It first flew on 14 August 1974 and was introduced into service in 1979–1980. Due to its multirole nature, it was able to replace several different fleets of aircraft in the adopting air forces. The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) became an export operator of the Tornado in addition to the three original partner nations. A tri-nation training and evaluation unit operating from RAF Cottesmore, the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment, maintained a level of international cooperation beyond the production stage.

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Panavia Tornado IDS je varijanta Panavia Tornado, dvomotornog, promenljivog krila multirol borbenog aviona koji su zajednički razvili i proizveli Italija, Velika Britanija i Zapadna Nemačka. IDS označava interdiktor/štrajk, što znači da je ova letelica dizajnirana da izvodi napade niskog nivoa na neprijateljske ciljeve, kao što su aerodromi, mostovi, radarska mesta i bunkeri. Tornado IDS može da nosi razna oružja, uključujući bombe, rakete, rakete i pištoljske kapsule. Takođe može da nosi izviđačku kapsulu za prikupljanje obaveštajnih podataka.
Tornado IDS je prvi put leteo 14. Koristilo ga je nekoliko vazduhoplovnih snaga, uključujući nemačko vazduhoplovstvo, italijansko vazduhoplovstvo, Kraljevsko saudijsko vazduhoplovstvo i Kraljevsko vazduhoplovstvo (istorijsko). Tornado IDS učestvovao je u nekoliko sukoba, kao što su Zalivski rat, Rat u Bosni, Rat na Kosovu, Rat u Iraku i Libijski građanski rat. Tornado IDS je svestran i pouzdan avion koji može da radi u raznim vremenskim uslovima i terenima. Ima maksimalnu brzinu od Mach 2.2 i domet od 1.390 km. Ima posadu od dve osobe: pilota i navigatora/oficira za oruћje. Tornado IDS je jedna od tri primarne Tornado varijante, zajedno sa Tornado ECR (elektronska borba/izviđanje) i Tornado ADV (varijanta protivvodne odbrane).