A Tornado Mecca RAF Honington in the early Ninties.

In the early nineties, RAF Honington was a super base with many deployments, as I have previously published: Italian Tornados, Spanish F-4 Phantoms, French Air Force, and Lakenheath F-15s all deployed there.

During this time, it was also hugely busy, with its own 13 Squadron, 15Res, and 27 Squadrons all operating the Tornado, and below I have selected a day from its operations.

Many of the Tornados were still carrying equipment used during Desert Storm.

I hope you will enjoy a bustling past.

ZA563/TC Tornado GR.1 15 Res Sqn.

ZA554/TR Tornado GR.1 15 Res Sqn.

ZA606/F Tornado GR.1 15 Res Sqn.

ZA559/TB Tornado GR.1 15 Res Sqn.

ZA608/TK Tornado GR.1 15 Res Sqn.

ZA447/JH Tornado GR.1 27 Sqn.

ZA490/JM Tornado GR.1 27 Sqn.

ZA450/JC Tornado GR.1 27 Sqn.

ZA473/JJ Tornado GR.1 27 Sqn.

ZG750/Y Tornado GR.1A 13 Sqn.

ZA399/AJ-G Tornado GR.1 617 Sqn.

ZA613/N Tornado GR.1 617 Sqn.

ZA399/AJ-G and ZA556/AJ-C Tornado GR.1s 617 Sqn.

ZA563/TC and ZA608/TK Tornado GR.1 15 Res Sqn.

ZA563/TC Tornado GR.1 15 Res Sqn rolling.

ZA595/TV Tornado GR.1 15 Res Sqn.

ZA563/TC Tornado GR.1 15 Res Sqn prepares to land back at RAF Honington.

ZA367/AJ-Y Tornado GR.1 617 Sqn makes a practice arrestor landing.

ZD704 BAe125 CC3 visits Honington. The aircraft was W/O 23/04/2013 at RAF Manston.

Happy Days!