Images Dated 22nd July 2006

Royal Air Force E3D Sentry AWACS Reconnaisance Aircraft

A Royal Air Force E3D Sentry is pictured on a sortie from RAF Waddington.
The RAF operates seven E-3D Sentry aircraft in the airborne surveillance and command-and-control role. The aircraft are based at RAF Waddington, where they are operated by Nos 8 and 23 Squadrons as the UK's contribution to the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force.
The E-3D also forms one arm of the UK Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) triad of Sentinel R1, E-3D and Nimrod R1 aircraft. Whilst primarily procured as an airborne early warning aircraft, the E- 3D has been extensively employed in the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) role.
The E-3D Sentry, known to the RAF as the AEW1, is based on the commercial Boeing 707-320B aircraft, which has been extensively modified and updated to accommodate modern mission systems. Mission endurance is approximately 11 hours (over 5000nmls), although this can be extended by air-to-air refuelling.
The E-3D is the only aircraft in the RAF's inventory capable of air-to-air refuelling by both the American flying-boom system and the RAF's probe-and-drogue method

Storming Of Bristol, 26 July 1643 During English Civil War From 19Th Century Print Of Painting By G

Storming Of Bristol, 26 July 1643 During English Civil War From 19Th Century Print Of Painting By G. Cattermole Engraved By J.C. Varrall

© Design Pics / Ken Welsh

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Four-leaved allseed

ROG-12684
Four-leaved allseed
Rare coastal plant in UK.
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Bob Gibbons
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© Bob Gibbons / ardea.com

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