PICTURES: RAF marks Sentinel, Shadow surveillance aircraft milestones

3. september 2010 23:51 | Defense

Flight Global

The UK Royal Air Force has provided limited details of the operational use in Afghanistan of two of its newest surveillance assets.


Assigned to 5 (Army Cooperation) Sqn at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, Sentinel R1 and Shadow R1 aircraft have now logged a combined 5,000h in support of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force mission in the country, the service says. This includes 2,500h amassed by each aircraft type, it adds.

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