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I just like afterburner photos. Which type of missiles are those 4 under fuselage? Air-to-air or air-to-ground and what type?
 
The photo looks like a very early F3.

The F3 was developed from the original GR1 attack aircraft as a dedicated fighter and entered service (as the Tornado F2) with the RAF in 1986. In reality the 18 F2s built were little more than an interim aircraft lacking radar and the more powerful engines of the definitive F3.

The missiles recessed into the underside of the aircraft look like SkyFlash, it is a supersonic, medium range, air-to-air missile developed by within the UK from the American AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The latest version of the missile has a boost-sustain, solid fuel rocket motor giving it a greater range than previous versions. The missile is capable of intercepting and destroying enemy targets in all weather conditions.

The one under the wing is a Sidewinder heat-seeking, short-range, air-to-air missile.
 
It's a F-2.The missiles in the fusalage trays are inter Sparrow AIM & the otheres are inert Sidewinder AIM9L.
 

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