XV Sqn 100th Anniversary Paint job on GR4, Images taken over Loch Ness and the Highlands.
The XV (Reserve) Squadron centenary has been celebrated in a commemorative makeover for one of its modern day aircraft.
The Tornado GR4 fast jet has been painted in the squadron’s traditional blue and red colours.
On its tail is the XV (Reserve) crest – officially approved by King Edward VIII in May 1936 – which shows a hind’s head design between wings.
To mark the milestone a special training sortie was arranged, with the redesigned plane taking to the skies alongside the MacRobert’s Reply Tornado.
The aircraft is named in honour of a Deeside family whose stoic response to personal tragedy in World War II continues to inspire RAF personnel to this day.
The three sons of Lady Rachel MacRobert and her husband Sir Alexander were killed within three years of one another during separate flying incidents.
After the third death, Lady MacRobert donated £25,000 to the RAF for the purchase of a bomber plane and asked that it be named MacRobert’s Reply.
