Description: When Great Britain, Italy and Germany pooled their resources in the late-1960s to produce a multinational, multirole military aircraft, the result was the swing-wing Tornado. Today, the Tornado remains in service not only in the U.K. and Italy, but in Saudi Arabia as well. The RAF uses two versions, one as a ground-attack aircraft and another as an air-defense fighter, both of which saw active service in the Gulf War. Author Andy Evans examines the factors which led to the aircraft's development and the different variants that have seen service since the first Tornado took to the skies in the 1970s. An eight-page color section depicts modern Tornados in action.

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