However, most notable was the effort made by the Panavia Tornado GR.4 strike aircraft and Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4s operating extensively from the deployed location at Gioia del Colle in Italy.JAMIE HUNTERJane's Defence Weekly
It was originally equipped with Phantom FGR2's. These were replaced by Tornado F3's, and now by Typhoon's. C130 Hercules provide transport, there is a VC10 tanker, and Sea King helicopters. There are civil flights to the UK, and a weekly civil flight to Chile. 2. About this scenery...
Clearly seen as ideally suited to low-level combat, the Typhoon gained bomb-carrying capability in late 1942. The aircraft of two squadrons were eventually equipped to carry two 250- or 500-pound bombs, or two 1,000-pound bombs. Meanwhile, in 1943, Typhoon squadrons became increasingly active...
a multirole sweep-wing combat aircraft, entered service in 1979 and would serve as the backbone of British air power for the next 40 years. In addition to the Tornado, the RAF fielded the Eurofighter Typhoon, a delta-wing multirole aircraft that entered service in 2003. The Tornado was retir...