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multi-role strike-attack aircraft into RAF Germany. Entering service with XV Squadron, it was only intended to equip the three
Laarbruch-based units, but ultimately replaced the Jaguar across the RAFG command, which also included 20 Squadron moving once more this time to Laarbruch. 1986 saw the
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duty that RAFG had carried out since its formation. The Jaguar finally left RAF Germany in 1988 when II Squadron replaced theirs with
Tornado's fitted with the much-delayed 'Tornado Infra-Red Reconnaissance System' (TIRRS), while the following year 3 and 4 Squadrons began replacing their
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and ground attack aircraft, and was later joined there by 20 Squadron which moved over from the
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812:Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
791:and the collapse of the
579:fighter-bomber, and the
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2774:Air Member for Materiel
2307:Durie, William (2012).
2102:A Dictionary of mottoes
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898:Royal Air Force Germany
789:fall of the Berlin Wall
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229:Royal Air Force command
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1768:1945 - 16 October 1961
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1822:RAF Hospital Wegberg
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1577:RAF Lüneburg
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1193:Lower Saxony
1175:dates active
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987:light armour
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2302:(2): 22–85.
2221:"RAF Husum"
2076:cite report
1746:???? - 1961
1737:RAF Sundern
1693:Rheindahlen
1565:1945 - 1997
1467:RAF Hustedt
1349:Fuhlsbüttel
1335:, becoming
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1197:1945 – 1958
1184:RAF Ahlhorn
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486:Tornado GR1
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260:Nickname(s)
18:RAF Germany
2916:Categories
2868:RAF Museum
2643:Operations
2608:RAF Police
2566:components
2499:Misc units
2433:formations
2372:1959–1993
2195:"RAF Hehn"
2140:RAF.MoD.uk
2051:(Report).
2049:RAF.MoD.uk
2027:References
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1866:Winterberg
1845:Wildenrath
1725:Bundeswehr
1675:Plantlünne
1658:Bundeswehr
1631:Bundeswehr
1556:RAF Lübeck
1523:Bundeswehr
1400:Bundeswehr
1332:Bundeswehr
1304:Bundeswehr
944:role, 12×
874:No.2 Group
868:1993-04-01
848:RAF Marham
778:Tornado F3
774:Harrier II
739:and their
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557:Wildenrath
515:1959-01-01
458:Wildenrath
195:Allegiance
177:1993-04-01
166:1959-01-01
82:newspapers
2711:personnel
2673:equipment
2546:Squadrons
2464:Squadrons
2435:and units
2337:978161722
2253:1 October
2066:20 August
2009:Wehrmacht
1648:Oldenburg
1621:Nörvenich
1508:RAF Jever
1484:RAF Husum
1438:Hambühren
1417:Gütersloh
1364:RAF Gatow
1289:RAF Celle
805:squadrons
674:squadrons
591:command's
565:Gutersloh
549:Laarbruch
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442:Gütersloh
426:Laarbruch
335:commander
2886:timeline
2810:Roundels
2534:Regiment
2508:stations
2449:Commands
2179:20 April
1906:See also
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