Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. No. 8 Squadron (sometimes written as No. VIII Squadron) of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing E-3D Sentry (AWACS) from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire.The RAF AWACS fleet is made up of seven E-3Ds, with the UK designation Sentry AEW1 and the aircraft are pooled between 8 Squadron and No. 23 Squadron.As No. 8 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps it was formed at Brooklands, Surrey, in 1915, but soon moved to France, where it spent the rest of the war in the Army Cooperation role. After the war, the squadron was moved to the Middle East, including spells in Egypt and Iraq.