Image of the Sentinel R1 aircraft, the RAF’s only long-range wide area battlefield surveillance asset which provides critical intelligence and target tracking information to British and Coalition forces. Using the aircraft’s powerful radar, the mission crew can identify and track numerous targets over great distances, passing the information in near real time to friendly forces. 
<p>The mission crew is backed up by a team of intelligence specialists who conduct in-depth forensic analysis of data collected by the aircraft, generating intelligence products that are passed to commanders and decision makers enabling them to plan operations.
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<ul><li>Organization: RAF</li>
<li>Object Name: WAD-OFF-20161025-0684-019</li>
<li>Category: MOD</li>
<li>Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Aircraft, ISTAR, Sentinel</li>
<li>Keywords: RAF, Royal Air Force, RAF Waddington, 5(AC) Sqn, Sentinel, Aircraft, Equipment, Intelligence and surveillance, R1, Airborne battlefield and ground surveillance aircraft, ASTOR, Airborne Stand-Off Radar, ISTAR</li>
<li>Country: United Kingdom</li></ul>
Sergeant Mike Jones
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