"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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I noticed something on this picture. The other pics had some comments
made of what the line on the nosecone was, and my thought was some kind of
different material for infrared seekers, or gun camera, or something,
still assuming there was a radar behind the cone.

I notice this one has a smaller cone, with a port below the cone for what
I would think is FLIR, or laser designator (doubtful that, since it can
not see behind the plane, like designators need to do) or gun camera.

My questions are, does anyone know what it is for, and is there still
onboard radar on this variation?
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Jim in NC

It's used for reconnaisance - mostly photograpy, but some infra-red too.
There's no radar in the nose that I'm aware of.