Italian Tornado F3's

igorski · Post by **igorski** » 26 Mar 2007, 16:19

36 Stormo:

53 Stormo (now disbanded, aircraft moved to 36 I think):

White Tiger (of 36 Stormo):

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Post by **Garysb** » 26 Mar 2007, 18:13

There are no Tornado F3 left is service in Italy they have all been returned to the RAF now the F-16s have been delivered

Nice paint job though

Gary

igorski · Post by **igorski** » 26 Mar 2007, 22:50

I know

they were returned, and mostly scrapped

I did these on request from a member here.

Stewart Pearson · Post by **Stewart Pearson** » 26 Mar 2007, 23:08

Nice shots.

You know, you really have to shake your head at "decision makers" sometimes.

They go and scrap the ex Italian F-3's when as we in the UK know only too well, if the RAF need to launch a 2 ship sortie of Tornados, they have to start 6 of the damn things to get 2 that are serviceable

More waste

Cheers

Stew

sprocky · Post by **sprocky** » 16 Jun 2007, 22:17

igorski wrote:I know they were returned, and mostly scrapped

I did these on request from a member here.

I can image that. I remember having italians on our base and they put some tape on some LEDs of the CMP to cover them (afterburner failure LEDs). But the british guys were tough, too. There was some oil dropping near the engines and they just said: Hey, if it is still dropping there must be some oil left inside?!

awj112 · Post by **awj112** » 28 Oct 2007, 18:51

igorski wrote:I know they were returned, and mostly scrapped

I did these on request from a member here.

You have to wonder about the mind of politicans...