Today we’re tracking an interesting surveillance mission made by an USAF Boeing RC-135U “Combat Sent” (reg. 64-14849 – callsign HOMER11) departed at 08:50 CEST Souda Bay AB.
The aircraft departed Crte southbound made a very low flight off Benghazi (below 1.000ft!) before continuing his mission on the Gulf of Sirte and then to the west off the coast of Tripoli.
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Here, too, the aircraft has again moved to a rather low (and unusual) altitude, making several orbits in front of the western Libyan coast.
It should be noted that in those minutes a Turkish Airbus A400M was also heading towards Libya, engaged in the usual airlift between Turkey and Libya.
The RC-135U Combat Sent is designed to collect technical intelligence on adversary radar emitter systems.
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