Originally Posted by
Kitbag
XR219, I have to pull you up on Tornado being conceived and in service before 1972, first flight of P01 was August 1974, so conceived and probably metal being cut, but not in service.
Id have to go with Shar, although I thought some were conversions of FRS1s.
It wasn't actually me who mentioned Tornado, I was just quoting, but of course you're right.
Most FA.2s were FRS.1 conversions, but there was also a batch of 18 new-builds ordered in 1994.