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New USNavy mission off Libya

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This morning an US Navy Lockheed EP-3E “Aries II” (157325 left Souda Bay AB to make a new ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) mission off Libya.

The signal (without exact position) was lost around 12:30 CEST when the aircraft was operating off western Libya.

The Lockheed EP-3 is the signals reconnaissance version of the P-3 Orion, operated by the United States Navy. The aircraft is known by the acronym ARIES, or “Airborne Reconnaissance Integrated Electronic System” .

Cutaway Thursday: Lockheed EP-3E Aries II | The Lexicans

(thanks to Sergio Scandura)

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