Buster, I'm not so sure the RAF 'seemingly cannot wait to scrap it and its un-doubted capabilities in favour of the new 5th Generation toy' More likely the RAF have flown the ar$e$ off their Tornados since GW 1 (over 25 years continuous operations in the ME). Some aircraft are approaching twice the original design life (8000 hours vice 4000) and any further life extension would be very/prohibitively expensive.