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Saturday, January 26, 2013

RAF Sentinel Joins Mali Air Campaign

Astor AEW Aircraft (Sentinel R1) |The U.K. Royal Air Force has sent one of its Sentinel radar reconnaissance aircraft to Africa to help support French military operations in Mali.

The aircraft departed on Jan. 25 along with a Boeing C-17 Globemaster transport believed to be carrying the ground station for the Raytheon-made ASTOR radar which is fitted in the underslung pod.

The Sentinel, which is a highly modified Bombardier Global Express, is the latest aircraft to join a coalition featuring an extraordinary mix of air assets.

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2 comments:

  1. know it all28/1/13 19:26

    It is a pity that the picture you put on the article is NOT a Sentinel R1

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  2. Ko Savonije28/1/13 19:49

    Well, in that case ... all my sources are wrong.

    Maybe not the usual color scheme .

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