thepureness Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/raf-tornado-flies-in-desert-pink-to-mark-25-years-on-operations-19022016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Sheesh. 25 years already. She does look rather spiffy! Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Looks nice but to be honest, I would have preferred either 'Helen', 'Debbie', 'Nikki' or "Alarm Belle' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 It is rather clean, and it has no nose art, but otherwise very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Nice to see though and that, even in these straitened times the MoD is willing to fork out on a commemorative scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul178 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Full side view in this link http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?137961-RAF-Tornado-Flies-in-%91Desert-Pink%92-to-Mark-25-Years-on-Operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvtonker Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Too clean.....:-) XVTonker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrierpilot Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 FC has got some pictures of her taken on Thursday.....sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceB Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Very pretty - perhaps it is because I am used to looking at images taken on actual film, overexposed under the harsh Saudi sun, but is that the same pink as originally used? I always thought of it as a lot more tan: http://www.globalaviationresource.com/reports/2011/gulfwar20th1/images/1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvtonker Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) No that is an accurate colour, the original paint wasn't that dark, but did lighten due to the sun exposure. This link will take you to the site where my pictures taken during my time from November 1990 to April 1991 at Muharraq are posted http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/pics/gulfwar/gwraf.htm XVTonker Edited March 7, 2016 by xvtonker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceB Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Thanks for sharing those pics. And Bahraini sun, that's what I meant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenPhill Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I know this is a bit off track. But does anyone know If the Tornado's are being phased out in 2019? And what happened to the mid-life fatigue program which was to take the Tornado's out of service date up to 2025? Sorry to bore anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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