A Golden Hour arrival of a pair of Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s at the tanker. The picture was made during Operation Unified Protector (OUP), a NATO-led operation to protect Libyan civilians against the civil war. Two Tornado's were very short on fuel during their patrol over Libya and needed gass quickly. Our C-135FR was already on its return to Istres, but was redirected to the Tornado's, not bad for us as photographers.

A Golden Hour arrival of a pair of Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s at the tanker. The picture was made during Operation Unified Protector, a NATO-led operation to protect Libyan civilians against the civil war. 094 carries three Dual Mode Seeker Brimstone fire-and-forget missiles and Paveway IV guided bombs. The Brimstone is using an active radar homing seeker that is capable against moving targets, but the dual-mode also matters that the missile is capable to follow a laser-beam to its target. That laser-beam can be set up by a spotter on the ground, but also by the Litening targeting pod.

Wears the blue markings of the SAOEU on the side of its nose

An all-too-common GR4 without any squadron markings.

2 Sqn markings, but operated by the 15 (R) Sq conversion unit.

Numerous mission markings for operations flown for Operation Herrick in Afghanistan.

In 2003 15 (R) Sqn operated this (former) SAOEU Tornado.