The Weekly Debrief: Meet The Sierra Nevada P-9A Pale Ale Fleet

Bombardier Dash-8-Q202

One of four P-9As comes equipped with a maritime search radar and an infrared and daylight camera.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
A shadowy group of four Bombardier Dash 8-Q202 turboprops quietly received a new type series designation in the U.S. Air Force inventory. Meet the cheekily named Sierra Nevada P-9A Pale Ale. The first U.S. surveillance fleet with a craft beer as a namesake inherits—ironically?—a counter-drug spy...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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