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RAF E-3D Sentry AWACS aircraft circles West Bridgford

The aircraft based at RAF Waddington circled the area several times this morning.

The E-3D Sentry aircraft flew its final operational sortie on the 30 July over Iraq as part of the counter-Daesh Operation SHADER.

It then returned to its home base at RAF Waddington.

The E-3D Sentry entered RAF service in March 1991 as part of the RAF’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Targeting and Reconnaissance fleet.

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Since then the Sentry aircraft have been involved in UK operations including Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, the broader Middle East and the Caribbean, together with a NATO role.  The Sentry is also known as the Airborne Warning and Control System or AWACS.

This recent deployment has seen operational sorties being flown on Operation SHADER, and also sorties to support Operation FORTIS, the deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth and the Carrier Strike Group.

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