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The Panavia Tornado is a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing, multirole fighter aircraft developed and produced jointly by Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany. [a] There are three main Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (interdiction/attack) fighter-bomber, the Tornado ECR (electronic reconnaissance/combat) SEAD aircraft, and the Tornado ADV (air defence variant) interceptor. The Tornado was developed and manufactured by Panavia Aircraft GmbH, a tri-national consortium consisting of British Aerospace (formerly British Aircraft Corporation), MBB[b] of West Germany, and Aeritalia of Italy. It first flew on 14 August 1974 and entered service in 1979–1980. Due to its versatile design, it could replace a number of different aircraft types in its air forces. The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) became the sole exporter of the Tornado, apart from the three original partner nations. An operational training and evaluation unit based at RAF Cottesmore, the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment, has maintained a level of international cooperation beyond the production phase. The Tornado was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), Italian Air Force and RSAF during the 1991 Gulf War, during which it performed numerous low-level infiltration strike missions. Tornado aircraft from various services have also been used in the Bosnian War, Kosovo War, Iraq War, in Libya during the 2011 Libyan Civil War, as well as smaller roles in Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria. Including all variants, 990[1] aircraft have been built.