File:Royal Navy Merlin HM2 Crowsnest ASaC.jpg
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English: The first of the Royal Navy’s new ‘eyes in the sky’ have entered service – getting ready to protect the nation’s flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Pictured on the airfield at RNAS Culdrose is a Crowsnest Merlin. The first Merlin ‘Crowsnest’ helicopter – which scours the heavens with its radar looking for potential foes – will now begin operational training, ahead of the maiden deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth this spring. The distinctive-looking helicopter– a large radar dome or ‘bag’ sticks out from the fuselage, earning the aircraft the affectionate nickname of ‘baggers’ – will provide airborne surveillance and the control of other aircraft (known as ASaC) in the carrier’s strike group. The new generation of ‘baggers’ pick up the mantle of the Navy’s veteran Sea Kings of 849 Naval Air Squadron (now retired) – and like their predecessors will be based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, which also provides anti-submarine Merlin aircraft to protect the Fleet. Training by aircrews to use the new system, which allows crews to conduct air and missile defence as well as strike command and control, has been underway since the autumn. |
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Author | UK Ministry of Defence |
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Camera model | Canon EOS R5 |
Author | LPhot Kyle Heller |
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Date and time of data generation | 19:09, 19 March 2021 |
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Headline | THE FIRST OF THE ROYAL NAVY’S NEW ‘EYES IN THE SKY’ TODAY ENTERED SERVICE |
Credit/Provider | UK Ministry of Defence 2021 |
Source | Royal Navy |
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
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File change date and time | 15:51, 19 March 2021 |
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Serial number of camera | FQ0046476 |
Date and time of digitizing | 12:18, 7 April 2021 |
Date metadata was last modified | 12:18, 7 April 2021 |
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Category | MOD |
Writer | LPhot Kyle Heller |
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Province or state shown | Cornwall |
Country shown | UK |
IIM version | 2 |
Type of item | Event |
Editorial status of image | Approved |
Fixture name | Free |