Talk:List of active United Kingdom military aircraft

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Hercules

about the Hercules cargo planes, they're down to 47 now IIRC: 1 C3 shot down in Iraq in 2005; another caught fire on landing and burnt down in Afghanistan and a newer C130J (C4, C5?) had to be blown up in early 2007 because it was crippled in a hot spot in Iraq. Unless they've been replaced? Daft, April 12th 2007, 1:54 AM

The Hercules entry was wrong and I have corrected it; C1 Qty 4 (XV196,XV200,XV205,XV295), C3 Qty 20 (XV177, XV184, XV188, XV197, XV199, XV202, XV209, XV212, XV214, XV217, XV220, XV221, XV290, XV294, XV299, XV301, XV303, XV304, XV305 and XV307), C4 Qty 14 (ZH865 to ZH879 less ZH876), C5 Qty 10 (ZH880 to ZH889). The totals do not include the losses (ZH876 Iraq 2007, XV206 Afghanistan 2006 or XV179 Iraq 2005). MilborneOne 19:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Will that C4 be replaced/has it already? I know they're waiting for the A400M to replace the older hercs, but I also heard they might knock a few off the order list so they can buy a few more C17s. Daft, April 14th 2007, 9:12 AM

The Hercules C4 are new aircraft and I wouldnt have thought they will be withdrawn or replaced for a longtime. Remember that the A400M and the C17 are not comparable they do different roles. MilborneOne 20:21, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

True, but I meant that particular C4 that was lost in Iraq, not the type in general ;) The number of Hercs in the list is now back up to 48, with 24 being C4 and C5s, so I'm guessing they've bought/ leased another C130K? Daft, 15th may 2007, 16:05

No they have not gained any more Hercules, all I can say that the summary above and the figures in the table are correct and the lost aircraft are not included.MilborneOne 19:02, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just for information the aircraft lost recently in Afghanistan was C1 XV205, the C1 total has already been corrected to 3. MilborneOne 21:47, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

jaguars

there is now only around 1 squadron left, and this is to be retired at the end of the month —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.2.80.185 (talk) 17:13, 30 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Sentinel

Hello I was just wondering why the new sentinel r1 is not included? I believe it has just achieved initial operating capability. ------ Kieran Locke

AAC procurements

Just curious about the future Defender and EC155 orders mentioned in the AAC section. Any references for those? Letdorf 11:43, 5 November 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Not sure about the Defender orders but Airworthiness Approval Note 29229 [1] would indicate that they are at least two more in the pipeline. MilborneOne 19:02, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

EC155 information came from Scramble Magazine Issue 341 October 2007 Page 110 says that the UK MoD has ordered four EC155s for special operations, either to replace or supplement the Army A109s. It gives serials numbers ZJ780 (msn 6808), ZJ781 (msn 6813), ZJ782 (msn 6818) and ZJ783 (msn 6822). MilborneOne 19:02, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, is it certain now that the King Air 350s will be operated by the AAC and not RAF? Letdorf 11:44, 5 November 2007 (UTC).[reply]

All reports indicate they are for the Army [2], i have not seen any evidence that they are to be operated by the RAF. MilborneOne 18:54, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]