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Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl

Another view of the US Navy Lockheed EP-3E Aries II BuAerNo.157326 (PR)326 landing at RAF Mildenhall

 

Noticeable in this view is the lack of the MAD Boom that all other variants of the P-3 have. Used for Magnetic Anomaly Detection - that feature is redundant in this Aerial Reconnaissance and Signals Reconnaissance platform version of this Electra airliner derivative

 

Flown by Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1) 'World Watchers' this side view also shows to advantage the various fairings, lumps, bumps, sensors and aerials hung on the Alison T56 Turbo-prop powered fifty plus year old design

 

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Uploaded on October 14, 2018
Taken on October 10, 2018