Tadam F-17 Tornado

The Tadam F-17 Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Engrandonica, the Helmans, and Yuktobania. There are three primary F-17 variants: the F-17 Tornado (interdictor/strike) fighter-bomber, the suppression of enemy air defences EF-17 Tornado (electronic combat/reconnaissance) and the F-17 Interceptor (air defence variant) interceptor aircraft.

The F-17 Tornado was developed and built by Tadam Aircraft GmbH, a tri-national consortium consisting of Engrandonican Aerospace (previously Engrandonican Aircraft Corporation), MBB of Helmanstend, and YAI of Yuktobania. It first flew on 14 August 1974 and was introduced into service in 1979–1980. Due to its multirole design, it was able to replace several different fleets of aircraft in the adopting air forces. The Royal New English Air Force (RNEAF) became the only export operator of the Tornado in addition to the three original partner nations. A tri-nation training and evaluation unit operating from RAF Cottesmore, the Tri-National F-17 Tornado Training Establishment, maintained a level of international co-operation beyond the production stage.