A Luftwaffe Tornado which was built by MBB built in batch 4. It made its first flight on 30 Mar'84 and was delivered to the Luftwaffe JBG31 in Jun'84. In Jun'95 it was transferred to JBG38. The, a year later to AG51 up to Aug'10. In 2013 it flew with the GAFFTC from Holloman AFB (NM) and from 2016 with TLG33. The Tornado, here returning from a Steadfast Noon mission to Volkel. The exercise is an annual 2-week training exercise for member countries in handling nuclear weapons. The crew of the Tornado is experiencing the colors of the Dutch Indian Summer during their landing. TLG33 (apr16/

TLG 33 is one of the units still operating the Tornado with the Luftwaffe in 2020. Serial 4434 is seen here on finals for its homebase Büchel in Western Germany.

From 2004 on German Tornados appeared in a fresh new paint scheme. Just wait and see how long it takes before these aircraft have the same appearance as the now dirty Phantoms.