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I am curious what kind of ECM pods the Tornado ECR carries and if they can be carried on the F-4F/ICE Phantom II? In addition, how comparable are they to the ALQ-119 pods?

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USED to carry Sky Shadow and Cerberus, surely that has changed by now.

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I have mine loaded like this

(from left to right looking at front)

Wing 1: BOZ-107 (30/30 Chaff/Flare)
Wing 2: 600 GFT/Sea Eagle/GBU/Iron
Wing 2A (ADV only): AIM-132/AIM-9/AIM-120
Wing 2B: Alarm/IRIS-T/AIM-132/AIM-9
Fuselage 3: Alarm/GBU/2x Brimstone/Iron/2x AIM-120/ 2x Sky Flash/Sea Eagle
Centerline 4: Alarm
Fuselage 5: Alarm/GBU/2x Brimstone/Iron/2x AIM-120/ 2x Sky Flash/Sea Eagle
Wing 6B: Alarm/IRIS-T/AIM-132/AIM-9
Wing 6A (ADV only): AIM-132/AIM-9/AIM-120
Wing 7: 600 GFT/Sea Eagle/GBU/Iron
Wing 8: Sky Shadow ECM Pod

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Centurian

I think the German Tornados carry ALQ-119s. Also sometimes they are carrying BOZ pods under each wing. From what I've seen, only British Tornado GR.1s carrying the Sky Shadow. The Saudi's have GR.1s but the pic below shows one carrying two BOZ pods, if it's even a Saudi aircraft.



Sky Shadow:


ALQ-119:


ALQ-119 on the right wing:


BOZ pod under each wing:


Here's an Italian ECR with HARMs and a BOZ pod on the left wing:


IIRC ALQ-119s can be carried in the front right Sparrow well on F-4s, so the F-4Fs can probably carry the pod there as well as under the outer wings. Also Tornado ECRs carry HARMs, ALARMs are carried by the British IDS (GR series) in UK and Saudi service, and now also Tornado ADV EF.3s.

Zephyr

When they are carrying two BOZ canisters they have no ECM, unless they put it on the Sparrow/Skyflash/AMRAAM pylon.

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Centurian

Nice pics Zephyr...

Great coverage... However I understood(or misunderstood!) the Germans had updated all their ALQ-119s to ALQ-184 standard with the towed decoy...

CAG out...

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It wonders me though, the Tornado ECR, will have only 60/60 chaff/flare when it carries 2 BOZ-107. That isn't much for a SEAD aircraft.

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Great Tornado walkaround page with views from 4 different Tornados...

http://www.b-domke.de/AviationImages/Tornado.html

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