Thomas Jay Park in Tucson in Pima County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Panavia Tornado IDS
Tornado IDS
Multi-role
Attack Fighter
On loan from the
National Museum
of the
United States Air Force
Erected by Pima Air & Space Museum.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space.
Location. 32° 8.331′ N, 110° 52.06′ W. Marker is in Tucson, Arizona, in Pima County. It is in Thomas Jay Park. Marker can be reached from East Valencia Road, 0.3 miles west of South Wilmot Road. The marker is located in the southern section of the Pima Air & Space Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6000 East Valencia Road, Tucson AZ 85756, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. General Dynamics F-111E (a few steps from this marker); Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 MLD (a few steps from this marker); Republic F-84F (within shouting distance of this marker); General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon (within shouting distance of this marker); Republic F-84C (within shouting distance of this marker); McDonnell F-101B (within shouting distance of this marker); Westland HMA.8 (within shouting distance of this marker); Beechcraft UC-45J (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tucson.
More about this marker. The marker is located on the outside section of the Pima Air & Space Museum. There is an entry fee required to visit both the inside and outside sections of the museum.
Also see . . . Panavia Tornado.
The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and West Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike) fighter-bomber, the suppression of enemy air defences Tornado ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) and the Tornado ADV (air defence variant) interceptor aircraft. Source: Wikipedia(Submitted on November 14, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Public Domain - US Air Force photo - TSgt. Brad Fallin, September 22, 1997
4. German Air Force Tornado queuing to be refuelled by a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker
A German Panavia Tornado ECR Wild Weasel aircraft (s/n 46+26) of Jagdbombergeschwader 32 (JaBoG 32) (32nd Fighter-Bomber Wing) flies just forward of the right wing of a U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker of the 100th Aerial Refueling Squadron, waiting its turn to be refueled, on 22 September 1997.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 103 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 15, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.