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TF-SIF is a monitoring and rescue aircraft owned by the Icelandic Coast Guard, a Dash-8-Q300. The plane came to Iceland on 1st July 2009, the 83rd anniversary of the Coast Guard.

It is equipped with a Elta EL/M – 2022 (V) 3 maritime search radar. The antenna is installed in a dome underneath the centre of the fuselage. It also has a L-3 Wescam MX-15 providing a 1080p HD camera and Enhanced                                   Local Area Processing (ELAP) to deliver stabilised day and night imagery.

This plane normally takes 14 passengers, but the Coast Guard normally use two pilots and a mission crew of two operators plus two observers.

TF-SIF can also refer to a helicopter TF-SIF, operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard from 1984 to 2007.

Current role
During 2010 it is being used for surveillance of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption by scientists.