A bit spotterish but why is the F3 in the Bear/F3 pic in the Daily Mail sporting dark roundels rather than the usual 'washed out' ones? Is this in-line with the RAF's policy of turning its aircraft into highly visible adverts? Are they soon to sport the corporate logo too?
New colour scheme being slowly rolled out across the entire fast jet fleet - all over medium sea grey, with full colour (red/blue) roundels. There are Tornados (both F3 and GR) and now a few Harriers wearing this scheme in preference to the old schemes (barley grey/light aircraft grey for the F3, and two tone greys for the Harriers and GRs).