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A MBB built Tornado that made its first flight on 22 May'87. The aircraft was delivered to the Marineflieger (German Naval Aviation) with MFG2 on 29 Jul'87. It served the unit up to Oct'05 when it was transferred to the Luftwaffe with AG51. It was first noted with JBG33 in early 2008. Soon after it was deployed to Holloman AFB (NM) to serve the German traning unit German Air Force Tactical Traning Command (GAFFTC). It returned to JBG33 in mid-'12. Up to the date of the photo, the Tornado never left that squadron (redesignated to TLG33) anymore. It was deployed to the Middle East in 2019/2020.

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/

Used as a ground trainer at Lechfeld from 1999.

Participant to VALFA Drill 2025