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Aries loves Tripoli

February 22, 20201 Mins read537
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This morning around 12:00 CET an US Navy Lockheed EP-3E “Aries II” (160764) left Souda Bay AB to make a new ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) mission off Libya.

In these minutes (19:30 CET) the aircraft is landing in Souda Bay AB after 7 hours mission.

The “Aries” made its mission probably off western Libya, in Tripoli area.

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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” .

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