RAF Tornado Flypast: What time will Tornado Farewell Flypast start and finish?
THE Royal Air Force (RAF) will celebrate the retirement of the Tornado jet with a set of dazzling flypasts around the UK - but when do they start and finish? Here are all the timings.
The Queen and the Royal family enjoy RAF flypast
The iconic Tornado warplane is getting a fitting finale to its 40 years’ service in the RAF with three days of flypasts starting on Tuesday. The military jets, based at RAF Marham in Norfolk, will be fully retired by the end of March. They were launched in 1979 and used in worldwide operations including the Gulf Wars in Iraq and the fight against ISIS in Syria. There were plans to retire the Tornadoes in 2015 but this was postponed to enable them to be used in the Middle East.
Royal Air Force tweeted earlier: “With almost 40 years of RAF service coming to an end, the Tornado is undertaking a series of final flypasts around the UK.
“Starting today, the public will be able to see a tour of the UK that will fly over most RAF bases and other key sites.”
What time will Tornado Farewell Flypast start and finish? Where will it start?
The first flypast was at 1.15pm in Cottesmore, with the last one on February 21 at RAF Lossiemouth.
Here is the full timetable:
Tuesday, February 19
1.15pm – 1.30pm: Kendrew Barracks (RAF Cottesmore) – National Memorial Arboretum – DECA Stafford – RAF Cosford
1.30pm – 1.45pm: RAF Shawbury – DECA Sealand
1.45pm – 2.00pm: RAF Valley
2.15pm: – 2.30pm: BAES Warton – BAES Samlesbury
2.30pm – 2.45pm: RAF Spadeadam
2.45pm – 3.00pm: RAF Leeming – RAF Topcliffe – RAF Linton-On-Ouse
3pm – 3.30pm: RAF Waddington – RAF College Cranwell – Royal Air Force Coningsby
3.15pm – 3.35pm: RAF Donna Nook – RAF Holbeach – RAF Wyton
Wednesday, February 20
1pm - 1.15pm: RAF Honington
1.15pm - 1.30pm: Imperial War Museum Duxford - Former RAE Bedford – Cranfield Airfield - RAF Halton - RAF High Wycombe
1.30pm - 1.45pm: RAF Benson - HQ Land Forces, Andover, MOD Boscombe Down
2pm - 2.15pm: RAF Pembrey - MOD St Athan - Cardiff Airport
2.15pm - 2.30pm: Rolls Royce Filton - MOD Abbey Wood - MOD Shrivenham - RAF Brize Norton
Thursday, February 21
11.15am - 11.30am: Leuchars Station
11.30am - 11.45am: RAF Tain
11.45am - 12pm: RAF Lossiemouth