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From The Cockpit-RAF VC-10 Tanking Training Mission | RAF's last British Tanker

Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @militaryaviationtv   #raf #vc10 #nato #tanker #brizenorton #aviation #aircraft From early on in the VC10's career the RAF was interested in the type, but it wasn't until after the airlines had sold their aircraft that the main career of the VC10 in RAF service started. For 32 years after the last fare paying passengers disembarked from a VC10 the type continued to fly as a tanker and/or transport aircraft with two RAF squadrons. The first aircraft was delivered to 10 Squadron in 1966 and training flights were quickly scheduled to get the squadron operational as quickly as possible. Once the squadron fleet had been built up to its full strength the VC10s were averaging more than 1,000 flying hours per month, conducting 27 flights each month to the Persian Gulf alone. The RAF's tanker force has relied on converted bombers for a long time, first operating converted Vickers Valiants, but also Victors and Vulcans. In 1978 the RAF announced their intention to form a squadron of nine VC10 AAR tankers. The contract was awarded to BAe Filton for the conversion of five ex-Gulf Air Standard VC10s to K2s and four ex-EAA Super VC10s to K3 status. The first K2 flew on 22nd June 1982 from Filton with BAe pilots Roy Radford and John Lewis. Initially, this aircraft was painted in a grey-green camouflage scheme but the other K2s were painted in a hemp-coloured camouflage before delivery to 101 squadron with the single camo VC10 reverting to hemp colours later on. Over the years the other aircraft were delivered, and 101 squadron commenced operations. By the early nineties the Victor K2s that were still in service were becoming very limited on fatigue life available, and the RAF was faced with a severe shortage of tankers. The answer to this problem sat waiting in a field in Oxfordshire, at RAF Brize Norton and at RAF Abingdon, in the form of the ex-British Airways fleet of Super VC10s. Out of the fourteen airframes available five were eventually converted to VC10 K4s, thereby augmenting the tanking fleet of 101 squadron. At the same time the conversion of the C Mk 1s was undertaken, which further expanded the RAF's tanker fleet. On 20th September 2013 the last operational sortie of the type was carried out by the two VC10s. Leaving Brize together they carried out refuelling operations before splitting up and overflying various RAF bases individually. They arrived back overhead Brize Norton in formation and landed one after the other, bringing to a close a 47 year career. This video takes you behind the scenes of an RAF VC-10 crew as it plans, and undertakes a vital air-to-air training flight. This is a brilliant little glimpse into a vital part of the Royal Air Force. Thank You All For Watching. Our brand new Teemill shop is here; https://military-aviation-tv.teemill.... Our Teespring store is here; https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/mi... If you would like to make a donation to help keep the channel running, please use this code | https://paypal.me/milairtv?country.x=... Please Like, Share & Subscribe. You can follow us on Facebook:   / milairtv   Instagram:   / militaryavtv   You can support us at Patreon:   / militaryaviat.  .