At the height of the Cold War, the European Panavia Tornado GmbH consortium developed a new variant of the Tornado aircraft—the Tornado Air Defense Variant (ADV)—which took to the skies for its maiden flight forty-five years ago on October 27, 1979. The Panavia Tornado aircraft were jointly developed and produced by the European consortium of … Continue reading “Consistently Defeating” U.S. Navy Fighters, Meet The European Aircraft That Created A Tornado 45 Years Ago