MOD confirms retired RAF Sentinel sale to the US

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has confirmed that the retired fleet of RAF Sentinel R1s are to be sold to a consortium instead of being scrapped, this is due to the sales bid being deemed more value for money to the UK taxpayer than the original fait of scrapping. A UK MOD spokesperson told Key.Aero on November 19: “‘The UK MOD has signed a sales agreement to deliver Sentinel airframes to a consortium. Details of the agreement are commercially