Corgi 1/72 Panavia Tornado IDS MFG-1 German Navy Schleswig Germany 1988 (AA33608)

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Corgi 1/72 Panavia Tornado IDS MFG-1 German Navy Schleswig Germany 1988 (AA33608)
In 1974 German officials drastically reduced their order of originally 700 aircraft to 324 examples, of which 112 were bound for the German Navy. This meant, the Tornado would only replace the F-104G Starfighter in both Navy and Air Force. MFG 1 had the honour to be the first Bundesmarine unit to be equipped with the multirole aircraft, as they started conversion in 1982. It took approximately one year until all of the 48 Tornados were received. Navy crews were delighted with the performance of the newly acquired aircraft, as the Starfighter had never been the Navy's choice. The Tornado marked a vast improvement in respects of weaponsload, avionics, navigational aids and accuracy, range and safety. After the reunification and with a disappearing threat from the east, the German armed forces had to reduce costs drastically. Amongst others, MFG 1 was one of the units to be disestablished. This took place on 31st December 1993

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