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99-5481 arr. 27th March 19. Bangladesh ex ZH883 (stored).
ZH888 arr. 8th December 20 RAF (stored).
ZH875 arr. 7th April 22. RAF (stored).
84006 arr. 6th July 22 Sweden.
ZH874 arr. 12th September 22 RAF (stored).
ZH878 arr. 19th December 22 RAF (stored).
ZH877 arr. 30th January 23 RAF (stored).
ZH872 arr. 9th February 23 RAF (stored).
ZH879 arr. 28th February 23 RAF (stored).
ZH866 arr. 20th March 23 RAF (stored).
ZH865 arr. 16th May 23 RAF (stored).
ZH869 arr. 24th May 23 RAF (stored).
84002 arr. 5th June 23. Sweden.
G-781 arr. 9th June 23. Netherlands.
ZH889 arr. 16th June23 RAF (stored).
B-536 arr. 19th June23 Denmark.
ZH868 arr. 20th June23 RAF (stored).
ZH871 arr. 21st June23 RAF (stored).
ZH867 arr. 28th June23 RAF (stored).
ZH870 arr. 28th June23 RAF (stored).
MAJ arr. 24th July 23 Qatar.
KC-3805 arr. 7th August 23 India.
409 arr. 11th August 23 South Africa.
169227 arr. 28th September 23 USMC.
170037 arr. 23th October 23 USMC.
170039 arr. 10th November 23 USMC.
166473 arr. 29th November 23 USMC.
165738 arr. 8th December 23 USMC.
167982 arr. 15th December 23 USMC.

List updated 20th December to
delete 167111 USMC which departed today having arrived on 6th November 2023.
delete 505 Oman which departed today having arrived on 16th October 2023.

166473 arr. 29th November 23 USMC is listed twice

Trailspotter wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:23 pm

166473 arr. 29th November 23 USMC is listed twice

Good spot, corrected now.

None RAF outside at 15:20 Friday 8th December

170037/BH USMC
MAJ/213 Qatar AF
409 South African AF
165738/BH USMC just arrived with a tug waiting for it.

The hangar doors are closed.

EDIT 738 has been repositioned by the tower and the tug has driven off so a fair chance it’s outside for the weekend.

List updated 8th December to add 165738 USMC which arrived today.

List updated 15th December to add 167982 USMC which arrived today.

Outside Sunday Morning:
167982/QD USMC
165738/BH
170037/BH
213/MAJ Qatari
409 South African

List updated 20th December to
delete 167111 USMC which departed today having arrived on 6th November 2023.
delete 505 Oman which departed today having arrived on 16th October 2023.

At 1000am today there was an all grey KC130J (devoid of all markings) to the left of the tower as seen from crash gate 4. Anybody have an idea what it might be ?

Darklord wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:23 pm

At 1000am today there was an all grey KC130J (devoid of all markings) to the left of the tower as seen from crash gate 4. Anybody have an idea what it might be ?

It was 167982/QD, our last USMC KC-130J arrival. I was able to read her tail markings from the same spot half an hour later.

Thanks for that. Must have been the way the light caught it.

Grey on grey. Impossible in Cambridge heat haze earlier in the year.