The Tornado will be officially retired from service at the end of March after 40 years in operation.

Over the next few weeks BAE Systems Air are doing some internal features on Tornado in the run up to the Out of Service date. They are asking employees past and present to share their memories of Tornado so they can be included in the internal feature.

Share your memories

We want to hear your special memories of this iconic aircraft, whether you’ve worked on Tornado or not. We’ll post your stories on the intranet and also on the Warton Heritage Department's intranet site. So if you’ve got a Tornado story please get in touch.

Please email us at aircommunications@baesystems.com and include:

1.     Your name

2.     Where you work

3.     When you think of Tornado, what's the first word that comes to mind?

4.     What is your fondest/favourite memory or story about Tornado?


It would be great if you could also include a photo of yourself to use alongside your comments.

Photo of the Tornado final flypast at Samlesbury this week. Photo courtesy of BAE Systems.

Photo of the Tornado final flypast at Samlesbury this week. Photo courtesy of BAE Systems.