Clandestine Rod
No.51 Squadrons's Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XW664 makes a late afternoon arrival at RAF Coningsby back in February 2006.
Now finally being replaced by the 'new' Boeing Airseeker' (RC-135 Rivet Joint) variants - the 2nd of which has just been delivered, for some four decades, three specially equipped Nimrods were the mainstay of our SIGINT and ELINT force - clandestinely keeping tabs on those who try to undermine our establishment.
Of the three R.1's that were delivered,
XW664 is now preserved at the East Midlands Aeropark collection.
XW665 (see below)
XW666 was lost in a ditching accident and replaced by a converted MR.2 XV249, the latter now preserved at the
RAF Museum Cosford.
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Clandestine Rod
No.51 Squadrons's Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XW664 makes a late afternoon arrival at RAF Coningsby back in February 2006.
Now finally being replaced by the 'new' Boeing Airseeker' (RC-135 Rivet Joint) variants - the 2nd of which has just been delivered, for some four decades, three specially equipped Nimrods were the mainstay of our SIGINT and ELINT force - clandestinely keeping tabs on those who try to undermine our establishment.
Of the three R.1's that were delivered,
XW664 is now preserved at the East Midlands Aeropark collection.
XW665 (see below)
XW666 was lost in a ditching accident and replaced by a converted MR.2 XV249, the latter now preserved at the
RAF Museum Cosford.
DSCN1440