RAF NO. 101 SQ. VICKERS VC-10 K.MK.2

MILITARY AIR POWER

Available: DEC 2007

With a level of unparalleled force, modern fighter jets and bombers have imposed an unprecedented new regime of power and blazed across the skies from the end of the Cold War in the early nineties to the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Info:    Vickers VC-10 K.Mk.2 - No. 101 Sq., RAF Brize Norton, Oxon., 1991
Scale:    1:144
Wingspan:    12 inches

Item Number:    AA37003                                                                                                                                                                    Price:    $89.95

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Historical Note:    The bulk of the RAF's air-to-air refueling fleet comprises VC-10 K3 and K4 aircraft flown by No. 101 Squadron based at RAF Brize Norton.  ZA140/A was the first VC-10 tanker to enter RAF service on July 25, 1983, as  a K.Mk.2. Together with the Victor tanker, it was invaluable during the 1991 Gulf War, and the number of refueling sorties it carried out is recorded on the starboard side of the nose. In 2001, the VC-10 K2 made its last flight as a tanker.