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KC

It's good to see it being delivered early, a bigger sqn logo on the tail would look better.

Nice pics, well captured.

nice captures, look forward to seeing it at the airshow, how many are the RAF having?

Shes a beaut, nice one mate

looks great, bonus it arrived in good weather thanks for posting

Beautifully captured - great looking machine! Look forward to seeing it in the air.

Are they the same CFM engines as the Sentry?

That's beautiful ! Great capture

Great shots, I guess I'll get used to the USAF colour scheme.

Looks great but that roundel looks way too small

Thank goodness the dreadful, sloping 'Y' and 'A' have not found their way into the ROYAL AIR FORCE titles! Looks real nice!

-Dazza

It look's very smart nice catch.

Regards.

Mark.

luke28 wrote:nice captures, look forward to seeing it at the airshow, how many are the RAF having?

Three in total. The other two are due to be delivered in 2015 and 2017 respectively.

nickowen wrote:Are they the same CFM engines as the Sentry?

Yes, they have been converted to CFM56 engines. The cockpits are also part-glass, rather than 49 year old dials!

I think I am in love all over again

Can't wait for Waddo next year

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

Rivetting photos ! Nice colour scheme,agree squadron badge and roundels could be larger

She looks nice! Nice catch.

Where has the jet been parked? Alpha with the sentries or the old 51 sqd dispersal?

Cheers,

Mike

Awesome, I think the aircraft looks really smart.

adamp89 wrote:please tell me they are not calling it 'Airseeker'?
I'm pretty sure i read some where they were calling it rivet joint

Airseeker was the name of the project, so the aircraft will still be called Rivet Joint.

I wonder if the aircraft will change designation at all - I've seen RC-135W banded about but I wonder if it'll gain an 'R1' designation?

THE MOD official arrival announcement refers to the aircraft as a Rivet Joint;

http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/firs ... k-12112013