Sep 14, 2023 · A Russian pilot tried to shoot down an RAF surveillance plane after believing he had permission to fire, the BBC has learned. The pilot fired two missiles, the first of which missed rather than ...

Feb 26, 2021 · An RAF spy plane which provided vital battlefield intelligence to British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq has made its final flight.

Feb 26, 2021 · A spy plane has made its last flight from its home at an RAF station in Lincolnshire. The Sentinel R1 has operated from RAF Waddington, near Lincoln, in the skies above Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya ...

May 11, 2011 · The RAF is flying reconnaissance missions over Libya with its Sentinel R1 spy plane, a modified business jet which uses radar to create accurate real-time images of what is happening on the ground.

Oct 25, 2024 · The Royal Air Force (RAF) has flown hundreds of surveillance flights over Gaza since last December, reportedly using Shadow R1 spy planes based in nearby Cyprus.

Jan 25, 2013 · The Sentinel spy plane is a modified business jet which uses radar to create accurate real-time images of what is happening on the ground, and was used in Libya during the uprising against Colonel ...

Aug 4, 2021 · The Sentry E-3D - dubbed the RAF's eye in the sky - returned to RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire earlier, bringing to a close 30 years of operational service.

Nov 28, 2011 · An RAF Nimrod aircraft used in every conflict involving Britain over the last 37 years has opened to the public at East Midlands Aeropark. The Nimrod, used for surveillance, was only retired in ...

Nov 12, 2013 · The first of three new spy planes to replace the Nimrod R1 has arrived at RAF Waddington. The Rivet Joint will provide forces in the air and on the ground with real-time intelligence from the scene.

May 11, 2011 · The BBC's Caroline Wyatt is the first broadcast journalist to be allowed on board a British spy-plane over Libya. She reports from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, where the air crew has asked that only ...