RAF Tornado squadrons overview

A pair of GR4s from 617 Sqn flying through the Derwent Valley (one of the locations used for practice runs prior to the attack on German dams) on May 16, 2002 on the 59th anniversary of the famous raid. Sgt Graham Spark/Crown Copyright The first to receive the GR1 was the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment’s (TTTE) ‘B’ Sqn in 1981, followed by the Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit (TWCU). The first operational unit, IX(B) Sqn, formed in 1982. The GR also