Why does the Tornado receive all that hate from /k/?
>is cheaper more cost effective version of F-111
>can perform in almost all tactical AtS roles from SEADs to CAS (double engined, double 27mm guns)
>equal low-level speed to fighters but with better range
>one of the main coalition workhorses participating in all major NATO conflicts
>still less than a handful of losses
>probably the safest jet to fly near ground
>the second best and second most versatile strike/attack-aircraft in existence after the contemporary, but considerably more expensive, F-15E, for two decades
>so easy to fly even inbred saudi sandnogs can kill shit with it while suffering only one loss
>decent agility and self-defense capacity for a dedicated interdictor
>even it's fighter variant is a much better interceptor than it is given credit for
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/16752/how-sly-raf-tornado-crews-repeatedly-killed-u-s-navy-f-14s-and-f-a-18s-in-training
Not a particular fan but I think it gets way more shit than it deserves, especially when polemicist streloks neglect to emphasize how much more failing its predecessor/equivalent F-111 had, making the F-35 of its time but worse. If it came a decade earlier the Tornado would have been the wunderwaffe F-111 promised but failed to be.