The PA-200 Tornado is a twin-engine, two-seat combat aircraft with variable geometry wings and all-weather capability, entirely designed and built in Europe, which entered service with the Italian Air Force in 1982. It was initially acquired in the IDS attack version (InterDiction Strike, with aeronautical nomenclature A-200A and TA-200A for dual-control training models). Subsequently the Tornado has seen some models upgraded to the IT-ECR (Electronic Combat Reconnaissance, aeronautical nomenclature EA-200-B) standard, which specializes in the suppression of enemy air defenses through the use of AGM-88 HARM air-to-surface missiles. Built by the trinational Panavia consortium, comprising Italy, the United Kingdom, and Germany, it has been constantly updated to maintain operational validity in contemporary scenarios. It remains in service with the 6^th Wing only, which uses aircraft brought to the Mid Life Upgrade standard (aeronautical nomenclature A-200-C/TA-2008).

It has served in the Air Forces of Germany, Italy (AMI), the United Kingdom (RAF), and Saudi Arabia, as the only external purchaser of the MRCA program, taking an active part in the Gulf War in 1991, the war in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, the civil war in Libya in 2011, and participating in minor roles in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Syria.

The aircraft on display, MM 7057, was delivered to the AMI on January 11, 1985, to the 36^th Stormo 165^th Group. Group and aircraft transferred to Ghedi in 2007. It was later based at the 154^th “Diavoli Rossi” Group in Ghedi in the IDS configuration. Finally, it was transferred to the 1^st RMV (Aircraft Maintenance Department) in Cameri for decommissioning in November 2024 and transport to Volandia. It arrived at the museum in September 2025, thanks to the collaboration of the Cameri Airport Command, which took care of its transport, and the RMV, which reassembled it.

This is its operational life: 3775 flight hours completed in 2322 missions. It was updated in 2008 to RET8 (Retrofit Enabling Task level 8), the highest level of the AMI, at the Alenia (now Leonardo) facilities, with the installation of the navigator’s color display.