By Craig Hoyle2020-12-22T17:12:00+00:00
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is offering seven of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) surplus intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for disposal via its Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA), having ruled out their suitability for use by another operator.
On offer are a pair of retired Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) airframes and all five of the RAF’s Bombardier Global Express-derived Sentinel R1 ground surveillance aircraft. The latter type is scheduled to be retired from service by the end of March 2021.
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Global Express-derived Sentinel R1 airframes will be scrapped after March 2021 retirement