We routinely launched 40+ Tornados out of Bruggen in the 80's. No R/T, 30 second separation on take-off, all flew around the North German Plain at 250ft msd, bombed on Nordhorn Range at 30 second intervals then landed back at Bruggen with the only R/T from ATC being "clear land", even though we could see the runway was clear. There was even a picture similar to above of the whole wing after landing back on the runway featured in the Daily Express. I have a framed picture of it somewhere.
Not sure how many were serviceable afterwards though.
Good effort from the USAF though.
