The Italian Panavia Tornado ADV was born out of a joint effort by Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom during the late Cold War in the 1970s. The Tornado would be designed as a twin-engined, variable-swept wing aircraft with a two-person crew, an internal gun, and provisions for a wide array of ordnance which included guided/unguided bombs, mine launchers, rockets, air to air missiles, and air to ground missiles. The ADV variant was made to be better suited for air-to-air engagements, it had access to better avionics and better anti-air missiles. Italy would gain access to this aircraft due to the need to replace the F-104S as their frontline air-defence fighter jet.

Introduced in Update "La Royale", the Tornado ADV has access to AIM-9L Sidewinders, Skyflash SuperTEMPs and a 27 mm Mauser BK27 cannon. It's best not to be overly aggressive with the Tornado ADV, use your advantages to the best of your ability. The ADV can easily outrange most enemies it faces, however at closer ranges the aircraft cannot dogfight as well as others. You will come to find that the ADV loses energy quickly and cannot sustain long-duration dogfights. The aircraft is not really suited for Ground RB, so try stick to using this in Air modes. Overall, just play defensively, you want to keep the upper hand in engagements, a skilled player can take on pretty much any aircraft it will face, especially in downtiers.