The Navy also has an air arm with troop transport, reconnaissance, and surveillance aircraft.

What they don't have is surveillance aircraft, and only special action by Congress can provide them.

After weeks at sea the ship was buzzed by surveillance aircraft.

Whether or not he believed the story that it was merely a surveillance aircraft checking up on the detachment made little difference now.

But the runway there is not long enough for sophisticated electronic surveillance aircraft, nor can it take their weight.

"But instead of doing it with heavy weapons, they will need surveillance aircraft and verification equipment."

The use of surveillance aircraft is "a good idea," he said.

Later in the year, the authorities acknowledged the possibility that surveillance aircraft could be operating over Iran.

The main tasks of the aerial surveillance aircraft are to:

Probably EC-1355, they thought, surveillance aircraft, assembling an electronic order of battle for their country.