I would hate further to disappoint the already depressed Obnoxio the Clown, but personal experience of the merry ways of aeroplanes and the people who look after them suggests strongly to me that if there are a total of twelve Tornado aircraft left to defend Britain then the continuous availability of eight would be an optimistic estimate indeed.
My guess would be five. With another one in a couple of weeks, perhaps. If we can get the parts.
