Sounds like RAPTOR is being used to locate Gadaffi's armour before sending in coalition aircraft to mop them up. The informative quote below is pasted from the "more info" section of the following Youtube clip posted by MoD:
The following Telegraph report suggests that the Gioia det have indeed "checked in, not dug in". What with Storm Shadow, RAPTOR and Brimstone this is turning out to be quite a demonstration of the capability of an 'obsolete' aircraft.
Telegraph
Time line Info below:
23 March 2011
An RAF TORNADO GR4 recce mission on the 23 Mar generated RAPTOR imagery identifying Gadaffi's ground forces in a hostile posture 2.5 miles S of AJDABIYA. The imagery was sent to the! RAF's Tactical Imagery Wing (TIW) cell within the JFACHQ in Ramstein for analysis.
24 March 2011
At 1335Z a pair of RAF TORNADO GR4 took off from Gioia del Colle tasked with an Armed Reconnaissance mission in the AJDABIYA area.
At 1435Z, soon after the TORNADO'S arrival over AJDABIYA, the Coalition Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in Ramstein passed the coordinates of a number of Libyan Main Battle tanks to Coalition aircraft in the area; this included the two RAF TORADO'S. The information had been supplied by the TIW Cell based on their assessment of the imagery collected on the previous day.
The TORNADO'S arrived over the target area and identified 4 x MBT. The tanks were still positioned 2.5 miles south of AJDABIYA, with barrels elevated and pointing north towards the town. They were deemed to have clear hostile intent. Other Coalition aircraft located and identified the remaining 6 x MBT.
The TORNADO'S th! en rendezvoused with the VC10 tanker on station in the area for fuel while the other Coalition aircraft identified and engaged their targets; destroying 6 x MBT.
At 1450 post refuelling, the RAF TORNADO'S returned to the target area and, having re-confirmed the targets were still in a hostile posture and that the area was clear of civilians, successfully engaged the 4 x MBT with Brimstone missiles.
One of the Strikes was delayed when a civilian vehicle was spotted close to the target, with the aircraft re-engaging once the vehicle was outside of the danger area.
Initial Battle Damage Assessment indicates all three MBT were destroyed.
At 1735Z the TORNADO'S landed back at Gioia del Colle.