LONDON — The U.K. Royal Air Force’s (RAF) fleet of Vickers VC10 air-to-air refueling tankers is drawing closer to retirement. The RAF now has just three VC10s left in the inventory following the ...
The U.K. Royal Air Force has formally retired its last two Vickers VC10 aerial refueling tankers. The last two VC10s – ZA147 and ZA150-K3 variants converted from commercial Super VC10s – made final ...
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WHEN squadron captain David Hamilton first flew the VC10 refueller aircraft, he was joined by his close-knit crew. And when he decided to retire from service at RAF Brize Norton 24 years later, Flt Lt ...