Two Tornado bombers take off from their Gulf airbase during the 1991 war.
RAF Tornado jets will mark their retirement from service with a final flypast over RAF Spadeadam in Cumbria next Tuesday.
People across Britain will get a chance to say farewell to the three fighter jets when they make a series of flights on February 19, 20, 21.
The RAF said timings will be published next week.
The Tornado, in service since 1979, was first used in combat during the first Gulf War.
The fleet, based at RAF Marham in Norfolk, will be retired from service by the end of March.
Tuesday's route, weather permitting, will be as follows:
- RAF Cottesmore
- National Memorial Arboretum
- SECA Stafford
- RAF Cosford
- RAF Shawbury
- DECA Sealand
- RAF Valley
- BAES Warton
- BAES Samlesbury
- RAF Spadeadam
- RAF Leeming
- RAF Topcliffe
- RAF Linton-on-Ouse
- RAF Waddington
- RAF Cranwell
- RAF Coningsby
- RAF Donna Nook
- RAF Holbeach
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