Panavia Tornado of the Luftwaffe.
Registration: 45+13.
A German Panavia Tornado photographed just before landing at Fliegerhorst Nörvenich.
The Panavia Tornado is a multi-role fighter aircraft. The aircraft is equipped with advanced equipment and sensors that make it capable of carrying out daytime and 'nighttime penetration missions at very low altitudes in all weather conditions.
The Tornado is equipped with swing wings. Because of its role, it was necessary for the aircraft to have good flight characteristics at high and low speeds. At low speeds, the wings are straight and at high speed, the wings are rotated backwards, forming a delta wing together with the elevators.
This picture was taken on 6 August 2025 at Fliegerhorst Nörvenich.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…