File:E3D Sentry AWACS Aircraft MOD 45151936.jpg
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English: An E-3D Sentry aircraft flown by 8 Squadron based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.
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.
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Author | SAC Andy Stevens |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Camera model | NIKON D200 |
Author | SAC Andy Stevens |
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Exposure time | 13/1 sec (13) |
F-number | f/9 |
ISO speed rating | 100 |
Date and time of data generation | 22:15, 23 July 2009 |
Lens focal length | 17 mm |
Headline | E3D Sentry AWACS Aircraft |
Source | RAF |
Credit/Provider | Crown Copyright |
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City shown | Lincoln |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows |
File change date and time | 14:29, 9 August 2010 |
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Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 22:15, 23 July 2009 |
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Image compression mode | 4 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Metering mode | Spot |
Light source | Tungsten (incandescent light) |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
DateTime subseconds | 49 |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 49 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 49 |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | 2 |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Manual exposure |
White balance | Manual white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 25 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | None |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
GPS tag version | 2.2.0.0 |
Width | 3,872 px |
Height | 2,592 px |
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Supported Flashpix version | 0 |
Image width | 3,000 px |
Image height | 2,190 px |
Date metadata was last modified | 17:21, 21 October 2010 |
Writer | SAC Andy Stevens |
Original transmission location code | WAD-09-672 |
Category | RAF |
Supplemental categories | Aircraft |
Copyright status | Copyrighted |
Contact information |
Photo SectionRAF WaddingtonLincolnshire Lincoln, , LN5 9NB |
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Province or state shown | Lincolnshire |
Country shown | United Kingdom |
Sublocation of city shown | RAF Waddington |
IIM version | 2 |
Fixture name | Free |