A 1970s era licenced remake of the English Electric Canberra first introduced in 1951 (first flight 1949), from WW2 design imperatives. Obviously, significantly enhanced. But we're looking at technology which in significant ways is an over 70 years old design with modern accoutrements shoehorned in.

Noting it just had a problem, Perhaps this isn't a bad way to use robust tech to do research.

What I found more surprising, is that they have been flown in combat contexts in Afghanistan for RF work. You would not expect other 70s warbirds to be routinely used that way, but the A10 was used in the same conflict, and it is also a 1970s era aircraft, so perhaps the surprise is a mistake?

Reddit has a mirror of the video - https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1qos6...