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.
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” .