Already too dark and getting ready for a touchdown capture of the RAAF Wedgetail, then not sure what happened here, probably doing an instrument landing approach, or a technical run or adjustment, or just maybe a bit too blustery, it came in on the usual approach, landing gear down, about the right speeds, then aborted and pulled out at about 200 feet, Waited around for another 40 minutes but no return approach. Although it was five minutes behind the Prime Minister's returning jet. Royal Australian Air Force Fairbairn, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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The Boeing 737 AEW&C is a twin-engine airborne early warning and control aircraft. It is lighter than the 707-based Boeing E-3 Sentry, and mounts a fixed, active electronically scanned array radar antenna instead of a rotating one. It was designed for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) under "Project Wedgetail" and designated E-7A Wedgetail. The 737 AEW&C has also been selected by the Turkish Air Force (under "Project Peace Eagle", Turkish: Barış Kartalı) and the Republic of Korea Air Force ("Project Peace Eye", Korean: "피스 아이"), and has been proposed to Italy and the United Arab Emirates.
The E-7A Wedgetail provides one of the most advanced air battlespace management capabilities in the world and is based on a Boeing 737-700, with the addition of an advanced Multi-Role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar and 10 mission crew consoles.
Based at RAAF Base Williamtown, the six E-7A Wedgetails are capable of communicating with other aircraft and providing air control from the sky. They can cover four million square kilometres during a single 10 hour mission. The E-7A Wedgetail can control the tactical battle space, providing direction for fighter aircraft, surface combatants and land based elements, as well as supporting aircraft such as tankers and intelligence platforms.
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C27J Spartan battlefield air lifter taxiing out and taking off
from RAAF Base Fairbairn, Canberra, Australia, just on sunset and already in the murky shadows, looked and sounded terrific.
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C27J Spartan battlefield air lifter taxiing out and taking off
from RAAF Base Fairbairn, Canberra, Australia, just after sunset and already in the murky shadows, looked and sounded terrific
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C27J Spartan battlefield air lifter taxiing out and taking off
from RAAF Base Fairbairn, Canberra, Australia, just on sunset and already in the murky shadows, looked and sounded terrific
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Lockheed Martin Royal Australian Air Force Herc on a flyover to celebrate a passing out parade at RAAF Base Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
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