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touched down at RAF Fairford it had just

10hrs of flying time left on the service log

before being flown from RAF Marham,

Norfolk – the last RAF Tornado base – to RAF

Leeming, North Yorkshire, to be reduced to

spares under the Reduce to Produce (RTP)

programme. This successful project has

cannibalised Tornados to help provide a

cost-effective spares source with which to

maintain the remaining machines in service.

Above: Battle honours on the tail of Tornado GR4

ZG750/128 chart the Tornado GR Force’s combat

operations from Granby in 1990-1991 to Shader

today. Rich Cooper

Left: Landing at the Royal International Air Tattoo

in July, complete with blue Enhanced Paveway IIs

(EPW2s). Jamie Hunter

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