The RAF’s next-generation airborne early warning aircraft has touched down in Scotland, with the first Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW Mk1 arriving at RAF Lossiemouth on 21 May – greeted, appropriately, by a member of the station’s pipe band. Registered as WT001, the aircraft departed STS Aviation Services at Birmingham Airport before flying north to its future Main Operating Base, crewed jointly by personnel from Boeing UK and the RAF. The arrival marks a significant milestone in the Wedgetail programme’s progression toward operational service. Test and Evaluation Phase WT001 is now continuing its Test and Evaluation phase at Lossiemouth, split with…
