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VX-20 KC-130J Cambridge 4th August 2022

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VX-20 KC-130J Cambridge 4th August 2022

Post by 747woody » Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:44 pm

Image166511 KC-130J VX-20 Cambridge 4th August 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

Returning from a test flight this afternoon as SCORE 64, looking very clean!

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Re: VX-20 KC-130J Cambridge 4th August 2022

Post by sjoerd » Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:49 pm

Nice catch!

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Re: VX-20 KC-130J Cambridge 4th August 2022

Post by Thunder » Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:19 pm

Is VX-20 what used to be called ‘FORCE’? Great catch you don’t see the T&E units over here as much nowadays.

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Re: VX-20 KC-130J Cambridge 4th August 2022

Post by dragonchaser » Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:19 pm

That’s a very smart looking Hercules, super shot.

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Re: VX-20 KC-130J Cambridge 4th August 2022

Post by 747woody » Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:27 pm

Thunder wrote:
Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:19 pm
Is VX-20 what used to be called ‘FORCE’? Great catch you don’t see the T&E units over here as much nowadays.
It's at Cambridge for maintenance (and obviously a repaint!). Apparently it arrived with a 'BH' (VMGR-252) tail code, although according to Scramble VX-20 have had it awhile (since 2017).
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Re: VX-20 KC-130J Cambridge 4th August 2022

Post by Yunglee » Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:28 pm

Great catch and a smart looking Herc

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Re: VX-20 KC-130J Cambridge 4th August 2022

Post by paddyboy » Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:17 am

Nice catch, Chris :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: VX-20 KC-130J Cambridge 4th August 2022

Post by Stratocruiser » Fri Aug 05, 2022 7:25 am

Looking very clean indeed and what a great shot!
Thanks for sharing it :thumbs:
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