Tornado GR4 Fleet General Info

[FlyingFairy]

ZA591 transferred to RTP last week. Another one gone

FF

[StevenNFFC]

Monday 18th June 2018

Monster 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA587/055
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZD849/110
Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZG752/129

Tuesday 19th June 2018

Monster 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA587/055
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA607/070 - EB-X
Monster 3 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZD849/110
Monster 4 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA553/045
Monster 5 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA588/056
Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZA614/076

Wednesday 20th June 2018

Monster 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZG775/134
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA553/045
Fang 2 [IX(B) Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA614/076
Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZA612/074

Thursday 21st June 2018

Monster 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA614/076
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA553/045
Monster 3 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZD849/110
Monster 4 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA587/055
Monster 5 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA612/074
Monster 6 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZG771/133 - Currently 100th Anniversary of RAF Marham Special Tail

Friday 22nd June 2018

Monster 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZG771/133 - Currently 100th Anniversary of RAF Marham Special Tail
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA588/056

[twamoran]

ZA591 transferred to RTP last week. Another one gone

FF

That’s a shame to hear. Can we assume now then that all further jets scheduled to go through RTP will do so at Marham? And are many more likely to go through at this point?

[Gary]

Unless it's changed since January, there will be under 20 left by the OSD. If the Shader jets stay out in Cyprus and in the same numbers, you'll be able to count on your hands the number left at Marham. Should be at least another 6 to be withdrawn

[twamoran]

Unless it's changed since January, there will be under 20 left by the OSD. If the Shader jets stay out in Cyprus and in the same numbers, you'll be able to count on your hands the number left at Marham. Should be at least another 6 to be withdrawn

Great shame. End of an era

[DavidT]

Wednesday 27 June 2018
To clarify previous reports:
The 8 Tornados involved in practice formation flying today were seen as follows:
Monster 1 ZD849/110
Monster 2 ZA543/036 -Uncoded
Monster 3 ZA588/056
Monster 4 ZG752/129
Monster 5 ZG775/134
Monster 6 ZA612/074
Monster 7 ZA607/070 - EB-X
Monster 8 ZA553/045

ZG775 and ZA607 flew later in day with Voodoo callsigns

David.

[StevenNFFC]

Monday 25th June 2018

Voodoo 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA543/036
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA588/056
Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZA449/020
Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZA614/076

Tuesday 26th June 2018

Monster 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA553/045
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZG775/134
Voodoo 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA543/036
Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZG771/133 - Currently 100th Anniversary of RAF Marham Special Tail
Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZA449/020

Wednesday 27th June 2018

See David's post above

Thursday 28th June 2018

Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZD792/100

Friday 29th June 2018

Nil

[StevenNFFC]

Monday 2nd July 2018

Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA554/046
Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZG771/133 - Currently 100th Anniversary of RAF Marham Special Tail

Tuesday 3rd July 2018

Monster 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZD849/110
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA588/056
Monster 3 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA587/055
Monster 4 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA585/054
Monster 5 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZG775/134
Monster 6 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA607/070 - EB-X
Monster 7 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA553/045
Monster 8 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZG771/133 - Currently 100th Anniversary of RAF Marham Special Tail
Monster 9 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA546/038

Wednesday 4th July 2018

Primus 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA554/046
Primus 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA585/054
Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZD792/100
Ascot 9661 showed as Tornado GR4 ZA449/020 - Outbound

Thursday 5th July 2018

Monster 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA588/056
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA585/054
Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZD792/100

Friday 6th July 2018

Nil

[Blackcat1]

9 up! Good old Tornado

[markranger]

04-07-2018
ZA449/020 - Looks to be a shader jet swap,heading south to the Med as RRR9661

[twamoran]

Might be old news but delighted that ZG773 survived Leeming RTP and is still a complete frame (minus engines). Now wearing an RAF 100 sticker and on Horse Guards Parade. Hopefully she has a future!

[StevenNFFC]

Monday 9th July 2018

Monster 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA585/054
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA597/063
Voodoo 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA588/056

Tuesday 10th July 2018

Monster 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZD849/110
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA543/036
Monster 3 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZD792/100
Monster 4 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZG775/134
Monster 5 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA588/056
Monster 6 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA585/054
Monster 7 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA597/063
Monster 8 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA546/038
Monster 9 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZG752/129

Wednesday 11th July 2018

Primus 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA554/046
Primus 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA543/036
Marham ** showed as Tornado GR4 ZG775/134

Thursday 12th July 2018

Fang 1 [IX(B) Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA543/036 - To RIAT Static
Fang 2 [IX(B) Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA588/056 - To RIAT Static

Friday 13th July 2018 - RIAT RAF100 Flypast

Monster 1 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZD849/110
Monster 2 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA585/054
Monster 3 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA553/045
Monster 4 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA614/076
Monster 5 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA597/063
Monster 6 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZG775/134
Monster 7 [31 Sqn] showed as Tornado GR4 ZA612/074

[Integrale1]

038 has been withdrawn from use and despatched to the RTP programme.

[StevenNFFC]

That's a shame - second oldest in the fleet after 035 - just last month celebrated 37 years of flying!

[Integrale1]

Indeed it is, it will be followed by 054,056, 070 and 110 over the next few weeks.

063 ZA597 is also on static display at Farnborough this week.

The two flying aircraft at RIAT were 070 (Saturday)and 100 (Sunday)

On the subject of RIAT and as part of the engineering team that was there a massive thank you to anyone and everyone that stopped to speak to us about the aircraft.

Sadly that was our last time at RIAT showing the old girls off .

[Blackcat1]

I heard the tower saying to Monster right before they took off

"Your are the last ever RAF Tornados to depart Fairford" :-(

Or something along those lines. Can anyone confirm?

[miketonka]

110 has also now been retired and being prepared for possible move to Cosford

[DavidT]

I know all good things must come to an end but the relentless pace of this slaughter is becoming ever more depressing by the day.

[Vulcanone]

At least they do it discreetly these days.... Remember the lines of retired and spares recovered Vulcans, Lightnings Phantoms and others awaiting their fate!!

[slogen51]

Wattisham looked like a scrap yard at one point

Some of the 'old girls' (e.g ZD849) are only a year or so older than the F-15C at Lakenheath