Shawbury Tornado F.3s

Morning all

I read on one of the aviation forums that someone had seen 3 Tornados road running on the 20th March. It was later confirmed that they were departures from Shawbury of the last three Tornado F.3s that were in storage. And as mentioned in a recent issue of Flypast, they are all now at what I presume is still the the RAF Fire Fighting CTE (Central Training Establishment)

Although I guess that means a slow lingering death, at least they are not going to be torched too much and are providing training for the worst case scenario.

Now that the Army are getting Leuchars, I wonder whats going to happen to the preserved airframes 111 Sqns Lightning and the Phantom and F.3 on the gate. Although there will be a small number of RAF personnel staying behind to provide support as the runways will be there as an RLG for Lossie.

Cheers

Tim S