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C-130 Aircraft Names in the Royal Air Force

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Found 10 aircraft, displaying termsofuse.html-10 [Sorted by USAF FY/n]
Local S/N AF/Unit Aircraft Name Marked Date Details
ZH865 "Miss Carol" Unknown Details
Coded N130JA. First C-130J to be built. Named Miss Carol in honor of William “Bill” Mikolowsky’s wife. Bill was the chief engineer when the J model was being developed.
ZH873 "Jezebel" Aug 2017 Details
Suffered a heavy landing incident in Iraq (Erbil AB). Assessed extensively but eventually deemed a write-off. First UK air loss during Op Shader.
XV206 RAF 47 sqn 66-8556 "Foxy Lady" Unknown Details
Desert Storm nose art.
XV211 RAF 70 sqn 66-8561 "Homer" Unknown Details
XV190 RAF LTW 65-13035 "Betty Boob" Unknown Details
Desert Storm nose art.
XV192 RAF LTW 65-13037 "The Siler tounged Cavalier" Unknown Details
Desert Storm nose art.
XV292 RAF LTW 66-13535 "Dennis the Menace - Let Me At Him" Unknown Details
Monotone art work for Desert Storm.
XV297 RAF LTW 66-13540 "Where's the Beach?" Unknown Details
Desert Storm nose art featuring Garfield the cartoon cat painted by Cpl. Sandy Osborough stationed at RAF Lyneham.
XV306 RAF LTW 66-13549 "The Baron" Mar 1991 Details
Snoopy art work - and temporary red nose radome applied for Red Nose Day.
XV215 RAF LTW 66-8565 "Oh Lordy It's the Fat Slags" Unknown Details
Desert Storm nose art.



Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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