The RAF also used the Nimrod 1 variant in an electronic intelligence gathering role, while the Nimrod AEW3 was intended as a dedicated airborne early warning platform in the early to mid 1980s ...
The RAF bought into the program following the retirement of the BAe Nimrod R1, itself a derivative of a 1950s airliner the De Havilland Comet. The Nimrod R1 provided the RAF with signals ...
As the Royal Navy task force sailed south, Argentine ships and submarines posed a threat. RAF Nimrod aircraft patrolled the South Atlantic to guard against potential enemy attacks. Derek Straw ...