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formally withdrawn from RAF service. During their service life of 12.5 (stated in a RAF tweet as 14) years, the five aircraft flew approximately 32,300 hours roughly distributed across 4,870 sorties. Following their withdrawal from RAF service, the aircraft were sold to a US consortium of
Springfield Air,
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The
Sentinel programme cost £850 million, as had been budgeted. The support contract for the Sentinel covered 3,200 flying hours per year, and between 2015 and 2018, the five-strong fleet of aircraft had an estimated average running cost of £54.4m/year. This figure does not include standard mid-life
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UAV, would carry out the surveillance duties formerly performed by the type. Thus, on 25 February 2021, Sentinel ZJ694 completed the type's final operational flight when it returned to RAF Waddington from a mission flown near
Kaliningrad Oblast and Belarus. During the following month, the type was
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to supply what would become the
Sentinel. The programme involved five aircraft and eight mobile ground stations (six on wheeled all-terrain vehicles and two in air-transportable containers), along with a training facility at RAF Waddington. Four of the five Sentinels were integrated at Raytheon's
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Upgrades for the
Sentinel were planned to take place; during 2014, the UK government announced that a contract for the type to receive a maritime-capable software upgrade was to be placed in the spring of 2015; However, due to a combination of its operational commitments and constrained budgets,
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dispensers which could be operated in automatic, semi-automatic or manual mode. In typical operations, the
Sentinel would be flown at altitudes in excess of 40,000 feet (12,000 m) to ensure a high resolution view of a large battlefield area. It was crewed by a pilot, a co-pilot, an Airborne
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Despite the RAF reportedly hoping to retain the entire five-strong fleet, it was announced, while the type's service date would be extended into 2021, that the number of operational
Sentinels would be cut to four aircraft with effect from 1 April 2017. Accordingly, in July 2017, one of the five
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In 2014, Prime
Minister David Cameron announced the retention of the aircraft, even after operations end in Afghanistan in Autumn 2018. This reprieve fuelled speculation that not only would the Sentinel be retained but that upgrades of the fleet, particularly for use in a maritime surveillance
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announced that the type's retirement would be delayed and that it would remain in service "into the next decade". Due to the repeated equivocations over its future, the
Sentinel did not receive upgrades during its service life. The type was retired in March 2021.
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The long-term retention of the platform would have necessitated significant expenditure to modernise aging systems, which strengthened the decision to withdraw the entire
Sentinel fleet during March 2021. Planners determined that new aircraft, such as the
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announced its intention to "withdraw the Sentinel airborne ground surveillance aircraft once it is no longer required to support operations in Afghanistan." In February 2012, it was announced that Sentinel would be offered as the UK contribution to NATO's
410:, lasting for 4.4 hours. During 2007, service trials of the Sentinel were conducted. The first operational sortie over Afghanistan in support of the British Army commenced on 15 November 2008. By January 2009, the type had entered regular service with
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Mission Commander (AMC) and two image analysts. Mission endurance was approximately nine hours. The main cabin housed 3 workstations at which analysts could analyse the images on board; however, unlike the JSTARS, most of the actual
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On 3 August 2001, the first flight of the aerodynamically modified Global Express prototype occurred, which validated the modifications required for the ASTOR system. On 26 May 2004, the first production Sentinel R1 performed its
209:(SDSR) announced its intention to "withdraw the Sentinel airborne ground surveillance aircraft once it is no longer required to support operations in Afghanistan." The 2010 decision was reversed in 2014 by Prime Minister
472:. While operating along the Libyan coast, it was observed that the Sentinel's dual-mode radar was capable of tracking vessel movements around Libyan harbours, providing viable battlefield intelligence.
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capacity, might occur. In the absence of UK government backing, Raytheon self-financed development work for over five years on a mid-life upgrade of the Sentinel's mission systems, referred to as
170:(Airborne STand-Off Radar) programme, procurement of the type started during 1999. Following its delivery in 2007, the Sentinel fleet was operated by an RAF squadron manned by both air force and
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neither the Sentinel or its missions systems received any upgrades for an extended period, which led to some of its onboard systems becoming increasingly obsolescent by the end of the decade.
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confirmed the requirement for such an aircraft, but the end of the Cold War had somewhat undermined the traditional justification to process, along with a series of
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270:; various support series provided by the company during the type's service life, including deep maintenance and upgrade work, were also undertaken at Broughton.
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was described as "pivotal" by the head of the RAF. On 30 March 2011, the longest Sentinel flight, of 12 hours and 30 minutes was flown during
250:(G-DLRA/ZG989) was modified with a large nose radome for battlefield surveillance to explore this concept. Experiences gained during the 1991
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483:. In February 2014, it was reported that the Sentinel had been used to map the scale of flooding in Southern England. On 18 May 2014, the
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and the future Scavenger programme. The imagery produced by the radar's synthetic aperture mode was incompatible with the UK's
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sensor to the Sentinel's canoe fairing to provide complimentary imagery was proposed, this option was never exercised.
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182:(AGS) system. Sentinels were deployed overseas on multiple occasions, such as in support of the British Army in
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1528:"RAF Retires Sentinel R1 Intelligence Gathering Aircraft With Final Mission To Watch Kaliningrad And Belarus"
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reconnaissance aircraft. Raytheon claimed that the radar could be modified to match the
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to assist in the search for the 223 schoolgirls abducted by the Islamic militant group
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Hoyle, Craig (2 December 2008). "UK Sentinel R1 finally begins frontline operations".
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that made funding of any new acquisitions particularly challenging during that time.
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necessitating a visual positive identification capability; while the addition of an
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updates, which did not take place, that would have increased costs considerably.
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personnel. The Sentinel was interoperable with other allied systems such as
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1557:"Unwanted British Sentinel Radar Planes To Be Picked Up By US Army: Report"
980:"National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015"
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1175:"First Raytheon ASTOR Aircraft for the U.K. Completes its Initial Flight"
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345:(SAR/MTI) radar known as Sentinel Dual Mode Radar Sensor (DMRS). It used
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1458:"RAF steps up Iraq and Syria spying missions in 'new Battle of Britain'"
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Winchester, Jim. "Aircraft of the RAF Part 5 – Raytheon Sentinel R1".
433:; during such missions the type was frequently intercepted by Russian
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to provide surveillance to coalition forces fighting as part of the
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1503:"Sentinel fleet cut by one aircraft but gains reprieve until 2021"
558:, for surveillance missions over Iraq and Syria around this time.
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1262:"RAF Sentinel R1: Everything You Need To Know About The Aircraft"
927:"Mali Militants Shift Up Tactics As France's War Coalition Grows"
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Sentinel in flight. Observe the radar pod beneath the fuselage
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1330:"BBC News – Nigeria abducted schoolgirls: RAF plane sets off"
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1088:"House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 13 July 2011"
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1695:, Volume 75 No. 3, September 2008. pp. 54–57.
1246:. British Forces News. 23 November 2011. Archived from
1055:"RAF Sentinel Fleet Completes Last Surveillance Flight"
2348:
Raytheon AN/MSQ-18 Battalion Missile Operations System
1605:"Retired British Sentinel aircraft to be sold to U.S."
1389:"UK to upgrade Sentinel R.1s for maritime operations"
1308:"RAF spy plane Sentinel maps southern England floods"
50:
Airborne battlefield and ground surveillance aircraft
1374:"Written question 210889: Mr Kevan Jones 16-10-2014"
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905:"Mali: RAF surveillance aircraft Sentinel deployed"
883:"DSEI 2019: Stop/Start SENTINEL Still Going Strong"
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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engines, 14,750 lbf (65.6 kN) thrust each
1230:"NATO – Topic: Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS)"
194:. The type also saw smaller-scale deployments in
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1480:"UK details extent of combat activity over Iraq"
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953:. HM Government. 19 October 2010. Archived from
2205:Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services
1436:"UK troops to train moderate Syrian opposition"
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851:List of active United Kingdom military aircraft
230:ASTOR can be traced back to the British Army's
159:for the Sentinel was the American defence firm
1286:Alex Spillius; Mike Pflanz (25 January 2013).
425:, monitoring military forces stationed in the
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765:4,994 nmi (5,747 mi, 9,249 km)
570:maritime patrol aircraft and the forthcoming
1411:"RAF hoping to retain all Sentinel aircraft"
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1131:"Airborne Stand-Off Reconnaissance (ASTOR)"
2600:2000s British command and control aircraft
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1219:, Vol. 76. No. 1, January 2009. p. 5.
487:announced that a Sentinel had departed to
349:(AESA) technology, and was related to the
190:, and to assist French forces deployed in
2383:AN/TPQ-53 Quick Reaction Capability Radar
1399:
1244:"Reprieve for axed Sentinel R1 spy plane"
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35:ZJ692 landing at Waddington Air Show 2006
2478:Network Centric Airborne Defense Element
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846:List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
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1352:"PM announces £1.1bn defence spending"
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2553:XM501 Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System
2408:Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar
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1409:Allison, George (30 September 2016).
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1161:"Raytheon Sentinel Could Go Maritime"
1007:Cenciotti, David (25 February 2021).
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442:Strategic Defence and Security Review
207:Strategic Defence and Security Review
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1438:. Ministry of Defence. 26 March 2015
1387:Jennings, Gareth (27 October 2014).
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562:aircraft was permanently withdrawn.
2200:Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
1117:"£1bn 'spy jets' join RAF squadron"
1115:Jackson, Peter (11 February 2009).
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719:1,022 sq ft (94.9 m)
707:93 ft 6 in (28.50 m)
701:99 ft 5 in (30.30 m)
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347:active electronically scanned array
330:management occurred on the ground.
13:
2605:United Kingdom defence procurement
2358:AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite
1663:. RAF. 12 May 2014. Archived from
1104:. UK Parliament. 1 September 2014.
788:Airborne Early Warning and Control
713:27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
586:On 16 November 2021, according to
540:Military intervention against ISIL
205:In 2010, the British government's
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1637:. Royal Air Force. Archived from
1583:"UK confirms Sentinel sale to US"
1376:. UK Parliament. 24 October 2014.
1102:"Daily Hansard – Written Answers"
1076:. UK Parliament. 14 October 2011.
1009:"RAF Sentinel makes final flight"
655:
2508:RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
1501:Allison, George (12 July 2017).
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418:(RAF), based at RAF Waddington.
198:and even domestically to assist
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725:54,000 lb (24,494 kg)
315:missile approach warning system
138:airborne battlefield and ground
2438:Ground-Based Midcourse Defense
1159:Donald, David (17 July 2014).
1080:
985:. HM Government. November 2015
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777:49,000 ft (15,000 m)
522:A Sentinel R1 taking off from
232:Corps Airborne Stand-Off Radar
225:
1:
2403:Controlled Impact Rescue Tool
2293:ALR-67 radar warning receiver
2263:AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
856:
641:(Operational Conversion Unit)
583:in an unairworthy condition.
440:In 2010, the UK government's
2625:Aircraft first flown in 2004
2453:Long-Range Engagement Weapon
2368:AN/SQQ-32 mine-hunting sonar
1482:. Flightglobal. 2 March 2015
1460:. The Guardian. 19 July 2015
1310:. BBC News. 14 February 2014
1074:"HC 950 Operations in Libya"
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511:, but this was not applied.
447:Alliance Ground Surveillance
361:capability of the cancelled
180:Alliance Ground Surveillance
7:
2463:Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
824:Dassault Falcon 8X ARCHANGE
781:
10:
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2523:RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
2378:AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar
2373:AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar
2190:ELCAN Optical Technologies
1053:Lake, Jon (1 March 2021).
834:Gulfstream G550 CAEW Eitam
672:Head-on view of a Sentinel
460:The Sentinel's role above
147:(RAF). While based on the
2610:Raytheon Company products
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2393:Beechcraft AQM-37 Jayhawk
2288:ALE-50 towed decoy system
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337:was a Raytheon dual-mode
296:Bombardier Global Express
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256:rapid defense budget cuts
149:Bombardier Global Express
143:formerly operated by the
125:Bombardier Global Express
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1585:. Janes. 2 December 2021
1232:. NATO. 3 February 2012.
1213:"ASTOR Enters Service".
367:unmanned aerial vehicles
343:moving target indication
339:synthetic-aperture radar
166:Originally known as the
1721:RAF – Sentinel R1/ASTOR
1507:UKDefenceJournal.org.uk
686:General characteristics
401:ZJ690 on trials in 2007
248:Britten-Norman Islander
2528:Sea-based X-band Radar
2308:AN/APG-65 radar family
2303:AN/APG-63 radar family
907:. BBC. 25 January 2013
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548:General Atomics Reaper
531:
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369:(UAVs), including the
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234:(CASTOR) programme, a
186:, coalition forces in
2232:ThalesRaytheonSystems
1179:investor.raytheon.com
671:
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647:(Test and Evaluation)
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359:maritime surveillance
285:
268:Broughton, Flintshire
141:surveillance aircraft
1201:Flight International
333:The Sentinel's main
246:. In 1984, a single
1667:on 30 December 2011
1661:"Sentinel R1/ASTOR"
1354:. BBC. 14 July 2014
1293:The Daily Telegraph
1250:on 29 January 2012.
960:on 22 December 2010
795:Related development
634:No. V (AC) Squadron
393:Operational history
379:rules of engagement
41:General information
2343:AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel
1706:Raytheon UK: ASTOR
1610:. 17 November 2021
1608:UK Defence Journal
1563:. 17 November 2021
1534:. 25 February 2021
1532:theaviationist.com
1415:UK Defence Journal
1332:. BBC. 18 May 2014
933:. 26 January 2013.
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592:United States Army
588:UK Defence Journal
544:Boeing Rivet Joint
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503:on 14 April 2014.
477:Operation Newcombe
427:Kaliningrad Oblast
403:
353:radar used by the
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219:British government
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2333:AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR
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1759:Challenger family
1692:Air International
1216:Air International
739:Rolls-Royce BR710
552:Beechcraft Shadow
451:RQ-4 Global Hawks
300:Rolls-Royce BR700
151:ultra long-range
134:Raytheon Sentinel
130:
129:
97:Introduction date
2632:
2273:AIM-9 Sidewinder
2171:Raytheon Company
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213:and in the 2015
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64:(modifications)
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2513:RIM-66 Standard
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2458:Mark 48 torpedo
2418:FGM-148 Javelin
2268:AGM-176 Griffin
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