Although designed as a civil airliner the VC10 has proven to be an excellent platform for Air to Air Refuelling (AAR), and in this role has served the Royal Air Force (RAF) for almost twenty …

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 …

The Vickers VC10 is a retired mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and first flown at Brooklands, Surrey, in 1962.

Voyager is the RAF's sole air-to-air refuelling (AAR) tanker and also operates as a strategic air transport.

Operation Desert Storm – attacking Iraq – began in January 1991 by which time all nine of 101 Squadron’s VC10 tankers were based in Saudi Arabia, and flew 381 AAR (Air-Air-Refuelling) …

Jun 27, 2022 · In a soon-to-be-released special publication, Stephen Skinner details RAF VC10 Afghanistan and Iraq operations, where the quadjet saw frontline action in both the air-to-air …

Throughout their history, Flight Engineers, latterly known as Air Engineers, served their crews and the wider RAF with distinction in every major theatre of war, from World War 2 through to the …

On 1 May 1984 No 101 Squadron reformed as a dedicated Air To Air Re-Fuelling unit at RAF Brize Norton equipped with VC10 aircraft. The Squadron provided AAR for UK and RAFG …

Dec 10, 2008 · been asked the question did a VC10 K2 ever tank a Vulcan. Looking at dates first K2 flew 22 Jun 82 and didn't enter squadron service till 83. With the Vulcan due out of service …

Apr 17, 2014 · A Royal Air Force VC10, in the tanker role, carries out the air-to-air refuelling of a two RAF Tornado F3s.