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Gamston Retford - DEA Aviation & military stuff?
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Gamston Retford - DEA Aviation & military stuff?
I had a quick stop at Gamston the other day and noted 2-WKTJ Beech 300 Super King Air 350 of DEA Aviation there which appears to be an electronic surveillance aircraft. Is this used for military operations? There was also a very dark grey tail of what I thought was a bizjet but on reflection may have been another Beech King Air visible with what looked like a small Egyptian or similar flag on the tail - would there be a military aircraft at Gamston?
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Re: Gamston Retford - DEA Aviation & military stuff?
2- is the ICAO civil aviation prefix allocated to Guernsey, a quick google shows 2-WKTJ has spent a fair amount of time operating for the European border force in the Mediterranean some time ago.
Re: Gamston Retford - DEA Aviation & military stuff?
There's a few DEA aircraft there, few Da-42 types as well as King airs. I flew from there a few weeks back and I think I saw 2 Da-42 and 1 King air.
There was also a biz jet hangared, Citation type - the Dea stuff is used for a lot of surveys, they use WhiteKnight as their callsign.
Mike
There was also a biz jet hangared, Citation type - the Dea stuff is used for a lot of surveys, they use WhiteKnight as their callsign.
Mike
Re: Gamston Retford - DEA Aviation & military stuff?
DEA basically provide private sector ISTAR to Governments and other organisation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82yDx3LgPPU
They had a couple of grey Diamonds, but all 'technically' Civil
https://dea.aero/specialised-operations ... 2_box.webp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82yDx3LgPPU
They had a couple of grey Diamonds, but all 'technically' Civil
https://dea.aero/specialised-operations ... 2_box.webp
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