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Jun. 06, 1966 - Not for publication before 3pm in the evening papers of June 29th 1966. R.A.Fs improvednaissance capability No. 543 Squadron Re Eqipped with Victor Aircraft. The re equipping of No. 543 Squadron at R.A.F. Wyton, Huntington, with Victor B/Mark 2 strategic reconnaissance aircraft has given the R.A.F the best air reconnaissance capability it has ever had. No 543 Squadron of R.A.F. member command forms part of the United Kingdom Reconnaissance force. It has operated exclusively in the reconnaissance new aircraft have a performance in terms of range, speed, height and operational effectiveness far in excess of its predessor, the Vickers Valiant E(PR) Mark 1, which was withdrawn from service in 1965, Improved radar equipment enables the S/R Victor is cover an area of 400, 000 square miles in 8 hours unaffected by darkness or cloud cover. Four Victors can cover the whole of the Atlantic in 6 hours and, on a single sortie, can produce radar photographs for a mosaic whole Mediterranean which would enable a count of every ship to be made. Photo shows An air to air picture of the Victor strategic reconnaissance aircraft as she pools away showing the open bomb bay underneath
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Capability Effectiveness Enable Enables Equipping Excess Exclusively Forms Huntington Improved Operated Operational Pools Produce R.a.f Radar Reconnaissance Sortie Strategic Terms Unaffected Underneath Valiant Victors Withdrawn Wyton
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