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RAF Panavia Tornado GR4 Military Airforce Fighter Bomber 

The program to update many of the Tornado's weapons and navigation systems was completed in 2003 and these updated aircraft are known as Tornado GR4s.The RAF Tornado GR4 is the current version of the RAF's primary attack aircraft until it is replaced by the new RAF Typhoon Eurofighter. The Tornado GR4 is capable of supersonic speeds and flight at low-level. The aircraft is one of the most potent in the world today. First deliveries to the RAF of the original GR1 version were made in 1980 where it replaced a number of older RAF aircraft including the Buccaneer and Vulcan as low-level attack aircraft. A major feature is the Tornado's 'swing wings' (or 'variable geometry' to give it its correct title). With the wings swept fully forward, the aircraft can fly very slowly - ideal for landing on short, unprepared runways in a battle zone. With the wings swept to their full 68°, the aircraft can fly supersonically, whilst at the intermediate position the maneuverability is greatly increased. This is very useful should the aircraft need to undertake rapid action during an attack. The Tornado has seen action in both Gulf wars and in Kosovo. Its ground hugging radar enables it to fly in low and deliver its precision weapons. The RAF Tornado GR4 is the abile to use thrust-reverse to shorten landings and it has two small pods under the forward fuselage house the laser-guiding and infra-red night vision systems. The best  way to differentiate between the RAF Tornado GR4 and the older RAF Tornado F3 (fighter) versions are the shape of the nose: the F3's is longer and sleeker where as the GR4 is much blunter and less streamlined

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