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The last Royal Air Force E-3D Sentry aircraft landing back at is home base at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire after its final Operational Tour. The final aircraft, ZH101, returned to RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire on 4 August 2021.

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RAF to get E-7s in $1.98bn Deal

RAF to get E-7s in $1.98bn Deal

MOD Orders 5 Australian “Wedgetail” Early Warning Radar Aircraft

The E-7 fleet will replace the current Sentry aircraft and ensure the continued delivery of the UK’s Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) capability. Named “Wedgetail” by the Australian Department for Defence, the E-7 aircraft can fly for long periods of time and manage the battlespace from the sky.

The MOD hopes that the E-7…

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Red Flag: RAF Training for War in Europe

Red Flag: RAF Training for War in Europe

Exercise Red Flag 2019 Sees RAF Combat and ISTAR Aircraft Training for War

Personnel and aircraft from across the Royal Air Force have started to leave the UK for Exercise Red Flag, the most challenging warfighting exercise of the year.

Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth, Sentry and Rivet Joint from RAF Waddington, and personnel from units stationed across the country will train at Nellis Air…

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RAF Units Return From Cyprus

RAF units deployed to Cyprus as part of the UK response to the recent crisis in the Middle East have returned home, reports the British MoD on 14NOV13.

Aircraft and personnel from 121 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) were sent to region earlier this year as a contingency measure to protect the two Sovereign Base Areas on the island, which are home to more than 6000 British service personnel and their families.

The unit comprised state-of-the art Typhoon jets, E-3D Sentry early warning aircraft, supported by Tristar air-to-air refuelling tankers, RAF Regiment Force Protection personnel, and fighter controllers.

Aircraft from 121 EAW were able to conduct sorties from Cyprus within hours of arriving on 24 August to reduce the threat potentially posed at the height of the recent turmoil.

The elements included:

· XI Squadron Typhoons from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire which over the two and a half months of the operation flew 224 sorties

· 8 Squadron E-3D Sentry aircraft from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire which routinely flew 10 sorties, seven-days-a-week, to provide command and control of other aircraft.

· 216 Squadron Tristar tankers from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire which provided air-to-air refuelling.

· 1 Air Control Centre from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire which deployed its Type 101 radar to provide round-the-clock radar coverage and tactical control of aircraft during sorties.

· Number 4 Force Protection Wing from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire which assumed responsibility for security at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus within 12 hours of arriving.

The deployed force was followed by the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS DRAGON which combined with RAF units to generate a constant picture of activity in the eastern Mediterranean as part of the air defence effort.

The deployment also required RAF units to operate in a multinational environment including conducting joint operations with the American aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ and the French destroyer CHEVALIER PAUL.