Tornado given Operation Granby 'star' makeover

摘要

Film and TV specialist Shoot Aviation (based at Berkshire's White Waltham Airfield) has recently repainted Panavia Tornado GR.1ZA355 to represent ZA447/EA MiG Eater during Operation Granby - the British contribution to 1991's First Gulf War. Flying more than 40 missions during the campaign with XV Squadron, from Tabuk in Saudi Arabia, '447 gained its MiG Eater moniker and nose-art after destroying what was thought to be an Iraqi Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum during an airfield attack. It was later discovered that the enemy jet was in fact a Dassault Mirage Fl.