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    Airframe Family: Panavia PA-200 Tornado
    Latest Model:Tornado F.3
    Last Military Serial:ZE159 RAF
    Construction Number:AS014/509/2028
    Compressed ID:Panavia Tornado F.3 sn ZE159 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:111 Squadron, RAF Leuchars, Fife

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Tornado F.3.

    27 June 1986

    First flight.

    28 July 1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n ZE159.

    20 September 1986


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Tornado F.3 of 229 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Coningsby on display at the 1986 RAF Leuchars Airshow.

    Transferred to 229 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
    Operated with markings: AW

    By February 1993

    Transferred to 23 Squadron, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire.
    Operated with markings: EG

    By September 1997

    Transferred to 11 Squadron, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire.
    Operated with markings: DE

    By April 2001

    Transferred to 111 Squadron, RAF Leuchars, Fife.
    Operated with markings: UV

    19 July 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At RIAT Fairford.
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