The RAF bought into the program following the retirement of the BAe Nimrod R1, itself a derivative of a 1950s airliner the De ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UK's last dedicated maritime patrol planes flew out of RAF Kinloss in 2010. An order for another maritime aircraft, the Nimrod MRA4, was cancelled and the planes scrapped The aircraft ...