Nov 28, 2013
Escorted
by matt
Travelling back in time here to earlier this this Summer…
A Sentry AEWI (aka Boing E-3D in civi terms) escorted by two Eurofighter Typhoons at RAF Leuchars. This aircraft is an airborne surveillance and command-and-control platform, and forms part of the UK’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) fleet. The rotating black radome sitting atop it’s fuselage houses a Northrop Grumman AN/APY-2 high-performance, multi-mode, look-down radar.