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What a sad emotional day, seeing these lovely majestic Hercules C-130s on their final flypast to mark their retirement that’s 56 years of Service with the RAF… Feel free to share!!
Visiting all four nations of the UK, the Hercules C-130J is a tactical transport aircraft that has been in service since 1966.
Described by the RAF as the “backbone of UK operational tactical mobility tasks”, Hercules’s defensive system makes it ideal for operating in regions where there is a threat to aircraft.
Now after the Hercules took its last operational flight on June 4 with the 47 Squadron, takes a retirement flypast across the UK.
No.47 Squadron will be stood down and its Standard laid up for a period at College Hall Officers’ Mess, RAF College Cranwell, until reformed.
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A great aeroplane that has served the RAF well for over 50 years. I for one am sad to see them go 😢
What a truly beautiful sight.
On a visit to my sister's boyfriend's airbase he taught me how to start up a Herc, I don't know enough to say if it was the same model though, as well as where the toilet was, half way up the frikin' wall!!! ;D
Excellent fly pass by the C-130 Hercules aircrafts. I personally will miss these life savings aircraft. Flown on many of these aircraft during my 24-year career in the military. Even casualty Evacuated me several times, and once flew me back to the UK at low level because the RAF hospital consultants suspected that i had a serious brain tumour, turned out to be 3 inch spine compression from a high velocity impact with the ground, and wreaked both legs completely at the same time. I will miss the old boys called Fat Albert, especially seeing them fly through the Welsh valleys below us on top of the mountains. I hope many will continue to fly and be saved as working museum aircraft,. Enjoy you retirement, may the new replacement aircraft be at least as good has these RAF work horses were. 😢😊.
I would love to see that where is it?
A fitting final farewell flyby. Superb close flying.
Fab video ❤
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Going to miss flying in these. Awesome birds.
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I live in Dorset and have many fond memories of watching them in Studland Bay dropping Marines and others, into the sea by parachute. Even sat on Hambledon Hill and looked down on one as it flew round! Great plane.
I had goosebumps watching this….thank you for posting.
Wasn't this used by the paras? What will they jump out of now?????
Crazy to think at the end of Telic we had around 90 C130’s….. now we’ve got 23/24 A400’s. Absolute madness. We should have kept 4 or 5 of the Hercs and refitted them to AC130’s. Would have given the RAF and our allies new capability (would obviously complement americas fleet).
Marvellous brought tears to my eyes. I loved flying the Hercules 3 years on 47 Sqn SF and 3 years 24 Sqn. Great machine and great people to work with. Happy memories 😢😂😂😂!
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where abouts in the loop is this?
What an amazing vantage point to watch them from.
I'm surprised that the C-130J was just retired by the RAF. It's still sad regardless.