Post by willi1 on Aug 31, 2018 11:29:27 GMT
The Gulfstream G550 CAEW is an Air Traffic Control (AWACS) aircraft and is known as the Conformal Airborne Early Warning (CAEW) because its Active Electronically Scanned Array radar antennas are not mounted over the fuselage as a separate plate, but are aerodynamically mounted along the fuselage are. The G550 CAEW is one of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) equipped with the radar system Elta EL / W-2085, satellite communication systems, four large antennas with electronic beam scanning and operator stations for six persons. Aitam launched its maiden flight on May 20, 2006, and has served the Israeli Air Force (five aircraft) since February 2008; since February 2009, she is also in the service of the Singapore Air Force (four machines); the Italian Air Force has two aircrafts and the Royal Australian Air Force five.
To be seen here on the military airfield Pratica di Mare "Mario de Bernardi" near Rome.
To be seen here on the military airfield Pratica di Mare "Mario de Bernardi" near Rome.
