Operation Desert Storm – The Aviationist

A RAF Tornado GR4 was given the iconic Gulf War ‘desert pink’ paint scheme to celebrate 25 years of continuos combat ops

February 20, 2016 Dario Leone 3

The Royal Air Force has unveiled a new special-colored Tornado. The RAF has painted a Tornado GR4 fighter-bomber in ‘desert pink’ paint scheme to honour the aircraft type’s almost continuous operational service since the Gulf War 25 […]

Gulf War 25th Anniversary Special: the SEAD missions flown by USMC F/A-18 Hornets to protect strike packages over Iraq

January 20, 2016 Dario Leone 0

The first large deployment of the U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets took place in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm, when they flew many of their sorties in SEAD role. During Operation Desert Storm, the SEAD […]

Gulf War 25th anniversary special: a quick look at the RAF Tornado’s reconnaissance missions over Iraq

January 17, 2016 Dario Leone 10

Scud Hunt has been one of the main tasks for RAF Tornado aircrews during the First Gulf War. Born in response to Great Britain, Germany and Italy’s requirement for an advanced attack aircraft capable to […]