In Action
617 Squadron - RAF Lossiemouth
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617 Squadron is the lead unit for Storm Shadow a fire-and-forget missile, which is used to destroy command bunkers. It uses terrain matching navigation and GPS positioning to follow at low level a pre-programmed route to the target. The missile was first used in anger during Operation Telic over Iraq from 2003.
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Tornado GR.4 (ZA462/AJ-P) call-sign 'Vandal' , inscribed '1943-2003' on tail
in red. |
Left to right: Tornado GR.4 (ZA462/AJ-P) call-sign 'Vandal' inscribed '1943-2003' on tail
in red in 2004. |
Left to right: Tornado GR.4
(ZA549/AJ-Z) call-sign 'Vandal' and Tornado GR.4A's flying in company with a 14 Squadron Tornado in 2004. |
Tornado GR.4 (ZA556) coded 'AJ-C' in August 2005 at low level through Cumbria. |
Left to right: Tornado GR.4's (ZA367/002 KC-N and ZG727/126 AJ-J) at the 65th Anniversary of the Dambuster Raid over the Derwent reservoir on May 16, 2008. |
Left to right: Tornado GR.4 (ZA556/AJ-C) at Marham in June 2005. Tornado GR.4 ZA601/066 AJ-G) returning to Lossiemouth in January 2008. |
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