Military Aircraft

[AmexRuislip]

I love the buccs my first posting was with 237 OCU a magnificent aircraft.

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What station were you based at?

 

[swindonseagull]

What station were you based at?

Honington is my guess....or was it Lossie?

 

[AmexRuislip]

Honington is my guess....or was it Lossie?

Lossie
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/buccaneer/history.php

 

[Lethargic]

What station were you based at?

Honington 1984 got there the week the last Vulcan left.

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[AmexRuislip]

Honington 1984 got there the week the last Vulcan left.

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I was there 1989-1991 on tanker pool.

 

[Lethargic]

I was there 1989-1991 on tanker pool.

Only there for 2 years went to 2 squadron at laarbruch.

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[AmexRuislip]

Only there for 2 years went to 2 squadron at laarbruch.

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Stalker alert, Bruggen 1991-1996

 

[swindonseagull]

I was there 1989-1991 on tanker pool.

I dont think it was Tanker pool.........similar word but beginning with a W

 

[AmexRuislip]

I dont think it was Tanker pool.........similar word but beginning with a W

Michael McIntyre school of comedy, eh Andy!

 

[AmexRuislip]

 

[AmexRuislip]

Bahrain has taken delivery of its first of two ex-UK Royal Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports.

More........

 

[Pickledegg]

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Bahrain has taken delivery of its first of two ex-UK Royal Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports.

More........

Flew to California in a Herc in the late 90's!! Now that was a long flight!!

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[AmexRuislip]

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[Deportivo Seagull]

Very boring bit of kit to most but to those of us who worked on them they were great.

 

[swindonseagull]

19 years on these puppies

 

[AmexRuislip]

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19 years on these puppies

Timmy

 

[Frutos]

https://twitter.com/AncientSubHunt/status/1071053159156592640?s=19

 

[AmexRuislip]

https://twitter.com/AncientSubHunt/status/1071053159156592640?s=19

My dad used to work on these, they're called the whistling tit

 

[Frutos]

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My dad used to work on these, they're called the whistling tit

Ah yes, the Argosy.

Typical RAF humour with the name, I believe the version without the radome on the nose was known as the Whistling Wheelbarrow.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Ah yes, the Argosy.

Typical RAF humour with the name, I believe the version without the radome on the nose was known as the Whistling Wheelbarrow.

That's right, they flew from RAF Benson in the 60's.