The RAF and UAS

Think  Defence has a very informative post about RAF UAS operations well worth a read.

http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2011/01/the-future-of-the-raf-10-%E2%80%93-istar-04-watchkeeper-and-scavenger/

The history portions are very interesting.

The fixed wing GEC/BAe Phoenix had Its first operational debut was in Kosovo where 13 of the 27 deployed were lost and despite a spot of face saving by the MoD was widely considered to be a bit of a failure, despite catching the Serbs in the act of flying Mig 21’s that had survived the NATO air campaign out of the airport at Pristina, least said about that the better, we would not want the sky gods to be faced with evidence of a lack of success of the air campaign!