A Cold War veteran bowed out today as the last eight Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado strike aircraft retired from active service after 40 years. Watched by the friends and families of present-day squadron members, the swept-winged multi-role fighters touched down at RAF Marham in Norfolk, England after flying back from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, where they had been deployed in Coalition operations against the Daesh terrorist group in Syria.
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