Thread creep anyone?!
Tornado is 40 yrs old… and is currently deployed on more than one op, simultaneously, in differing roles with only 3, soon to be 2, Sqns (plus OCU). Surely there's something more to celebrate than a collection of paint-jobs? As a previous poster suggested, maybe the slightly dodgier ones are partly down to the requirement for the jet to be ready to go to service the latest good idea with typical quiet competency...
Greatly underrated? Possibly.
Greatly understated? Proudly!