RAF Tornado downed by US missile It is thought a Patriot missile hit the plane An RAF Tornado and its crew are missing after being downed by a US Patriot missile close to the Kuwaiti border.A search for survivors is under way, as is an investigation into how the accident happened. Air Marshal Brian Burridge, commander of British troops in the Gulf, said the Tornado had been hit "obviously by mistake" as it returned from a mission over Iraq. William Farish, the US ambassador to Britain, told the BBC the loss of the plane was "absolutely terrible". It comes...