7200 x 3934 px | 61 x 33,3 cm | 24 x 13,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
27 gennaio 1991
Ubicazione:
King Faisal Airbase, Tabuk, north-west Saudi Arabia.
Altre informazioni:
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The Royal Air Force Tornado is loaded with 1000lb bombs and is distinctive with its “MiG Eater” shark teeth decoration on the nose. During the 1991 Gulf War, Tornado GR1s were amongst the first aircraft in action from 17 January. During the war, the Tornado GR1 force flew 1, 500 operational sorties divided almost equally between offensive counter air targets such as airfields and air defence sites, and interdiction targets such as bridges. The RAF deployed 48 GR1s in the area during hostilities. Six were lost in action, five of which were involved in low-or medium- level attacks with 1, 000 pound bombs and one that was flying a low-level JP233 mission. The final three weeks of the air war saw the Tornado GR1 force concentrating almost exclusively on day and night precision attacks dropping Laser-Guided bombs from medium altitude. After Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990, coalition forces were quick to send their armies to both defend Saudi Arabia and to successfully oust the Iraqi forces by the end of February 1991.
