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RR860 ZZ330 Voyager Route Trainer landed at 0936 from Brize Norton, due out as RR861 back to Brize with an ETD of 1115.

OCT58 ZZ176 C-17A currently circuit training from, and likely back to Brize at some point.

Procession of C17 departures
OCT58 ZZ176 1240
CFC4021 177705 1252
RCH458 06-6162 1254

C17's remaining
RCH224 06-6159 Apron C
UAF1227 1224 Apron C

re "OCT 58" - can anyone confirm the actually radio call please - ta

Yammer wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:35 pm

re "OCT 58" - can anyone confirm the actually radio call please - ta

Interesting question as 99/206 Sqn do not have a callsign allocated to them that this could relate to.

all i can find is OCTANE which belongs to Bae Warton, aircraft could be testing something for them i guess, and OCTAVE which is a reserve call sign, but it could be that as well. will ask around

Octopus is/was allocated to 206

brill, ta.

I believe that the meaning of the Octopus/Squid on 206 Sqn badge is that the tentacles signify their ability to have a global reach.

Lockheed C-130-J C.4 (ZH866) by Peter Jackson, on Flickr

CFC4021 C17 177705 landed 2140 (possibly from Riga).

RCH224 C17 06-6159 dep 2200 heading west.