Why send Tornados???
Just toanswer the question 'why send Tornado?". Believe it or not less than 50% of Joint Tactical Air Requests (JTARs) from Coalition Forces on the ground are being "serviced" recently. So ISAF have asked for more FJs. So all the wokka mates can shut the f@ck up with the "we don't need FJs anymore, what we need is more wokkas!".
And who asked for the FJs? General P - the head cheese as I understand it. He's also asked for E3s to control the CAS stacks instead of the rank amateurs from LFs that do it now.
And that Ladies and Gents is why you need an Air Force - I thank you...
LJ