Secretive US Navy Poseidons visit RAF Mildenhall

A pair of US Navy-operated Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) assigned to the extremely secretive Bureau of Naval Personnel Sea Duty Component (BUPERS SDC) at Dallas Love Field Airport, Texas, arrived at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, UK, on September 2. The two aircraft comprised BuNos 169567 (callsign ‘SHINER01’) and 167952 (callsign ‘SHINER02’). Interestingly, the former (169567) was carrying the new-generation and highly classified AN/APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS) pod, marking the first time the system has been noted