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New Special Colored Tornado Aircraft Breaks Cover. On Sept. 6, 2022, the long-awaited Tornado aircraft sporting the paint scheme that celebrates the 40-year career of the type in the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force), broke cover during the rehearsals for the Tornado40 event, planned for Thursday Sept. 8, at Ghedi Air Base, home of the 6° Stormo (Wing). The special color, MM7059/6-66 (a Tornado ECR) that has been given a livery that actually sums up all the four liveries the Italian Tornados have worn since the first flight of the prototype: the red and white of the P.05 prototype that flew in 1975; the camouflaged scheme worn by the Italian PA-200s (now A/EA-200) in the 1980s and 1990s; the sand-colored paint scheme of the Tornados that took part in Operation “Locusta” in Kuwait and Iraq in 1990-1991; and the current overall grey scheme. Full report at TheAviationist.com (link in bio, direct link to article in IG story) #theaviationist #theaviationist #tornadoids #tornadoecr #italianairforce #aeronauticamilitare #6stormo #155gruppo #ghedi #panterenere