The Tornado was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), Italian Air Force, and RSAF during the Gulf War of 1991, in which the Tornado conducted many low-altitude penetrating strike missions.

Coalition aircraft inbound during Operation Desert Shield. List of Gulf War military equipment is a summary of the various military weapons and vehicles used by the different nations during the Gulf War of 1990–1991.

Nov 4, 2021 · When the Gulf Crisis of 1990 was triggered by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the Royal Air Force RAF responded by sending Tornado F3 fighters to Saudi Arabia to help defend the country against further aggression.

Jan 18, 2023 · When the Gulf Crisis of 1990 was triggered by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the Royal Air Force (RAF) responded by sending Tornado F3 fighters to Saudi Arabia to help defend the country against further aggression. These aircraft were followed by the deployment of Tornado GR1 strike/attack aircraft to Bahrain.

Following the invasion and annexation of Kuwait by Iraq, on September 25, 1990 the Italian Government sent eight multirole fighter bombers Tornado IDS (plus two spare) in the Persian gulf, belonging to the 6º, 36º and 50º Stormo, which were deployed at the Al Dhafra Air Base, near Abu Dhabi, in United Arab Emirates.

Apr 10, 2019 · With its weapons armed, the British jet careened through a barrage of exploding fire—just the kind of low-flying attack the Tornado was built for. But at the key moment, the aircraft’s bombs...

Aug 4, 2020 · The Tornado ended its long career with the RAF last year. It had been used in wars, virtually without respite, since its combat debut attacking Iraq in 1991. No RAF aircraft fought for so long, and the type is guaranteed to be remembered for a long time, but was it the right aircraft?

By chance, one of the RAF’s Tornado F3 Squadrons, 29 Squadron, was in Cyprus on armament practice camp and was due to rotate with 5 Squadron imminently. Both squadrons were thus already assembled in the form of air-transportable packages, along with their ground-support equipment, and could easily be moved on from Cyprus to the Gulf.

Mar 30, 2021 · The Tornado GR.1As flew their first combat mission on the third night of the war, 18/19 January. Soon after dark three of these aircraft took off from Dhahran to conduct separate searches of areas from which ‘Scud’ surface-to-surface missiles were being launched against Israel or Saudi Arabia.

Gulf War (1990-1991): During Operation Desert Storm, the Tornado IDS was one of the primary aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and the Italian Air Force for deep penetration strikes. Its missions typically involved suppressing enemy air defenses and hitting strategic targets deep within enemy territory.