617 Squadron the Second Squadron to equip Tornado in 1982/1983 the - TopicsExpress



          

617 Squadron the Second Squadron to equip Tornado in 1982/1983 the first 12 Tornados for 617 as follows ZA601,ZA546,ZA547,ZA550,ZA553,ZA554,ZA557,ZA558,ZA560,A561,ZA564,ZA585,ZA600,ZA605,ZA606,ZA607,ZA608,ZA609,ZA611 and ZA613, These batch 2 airframes lacked (LRMTS) and powered by the MK-101 turbo fans,some of 617s achivments when they were on Tornado 617s achievements in bombing competitions in the 1980s In 1984 in a competition called Prairie Vortex the gained first and second places in the le may trophy awarded for best high and low level bombing scoring 98.7% and 98.5% accuracy and first and third places for the meyer trophy given to highest damage expectancy rate at bombing at low level accruacy was 90.4% and 83.1% a 96% accuracy rate gave them second place in the Mathis trophy,Tornado ZA492 my pic
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