First Gulf War: Life As A Tornado Navigator 

The Tornado was a seriously beautiful jet, looked mean as hell too.

On a serious note now, The GW1 Tornado missions are a historical aviation beacon and the sad thing is we know so little about them, specially about Jp233 attacks. The complexity of these missions is a testament of how amazingly well trained these guys were. I am so happy to see them leave their testaments here. Thanks!!!

Nice to see the groundcrew getting some coverage, towing a jet out of the shed. Brings back some good memories of when I was on 14 SQN during the 1st Gulf war.

I miss these thunderous beasts now they're not on the show circuit. I vividly recall getting a Monogram 1:48 scale model kit with posable swept wings of the GR1 as a kid, it's been a firm favourite ever since.

Thank you lads.

Mal was my syndicate tutor on IOT. Lovely guy, very knowledgeable and incredibly humble - he never mentioned this story in the 6 months I knew him. Wishing you all the best if he reads this Mal and thank you.

Thank you for sharing your experiences in the Gulf.

My brother in law was in training at Finningley when he was killed in 1989 in a motorbike accident. Would love to know if any of these guys knew him

It must have been a great time to join the military if you were not expecting to go to war. The one good thing about the cold war was how unlikely it was to become "hot" for Soldiers or Airmen. When you read books from this time, it was very different to what signing up was post Gulf War and subsequent conflicts. Although these guys had balls to experience tornado after tornado being destroyed yet still having to get up and do their thing. The bravery required to continue fighting day after day in conflict for any serviceman is astounding.

The mullet from the thumbnail majestic AF. Now ill watch the video.

strange the difference from UK and Germany based units. UK based Squadrons were running attack runs, at night, blacked out on the refineries at Immingham relentlessly. Then went silent. Couple of days later the news lit up with the commencement of the campaign. Strikes a question if UK based Squadrons were working blacked out, super low level, between the towers, why were Germany based Squadrons so unprepared and; why would they ever consider operations lit up?

What do nav s do after the raf?