Scramble Magazine – June 2018

(Nandana) #1

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United Kingdom


EGDY = Yeovilton EGVL = Little Rissington
EGOS = Shawbury EGXH = Honington
EGNO = Warton EGYM = Marham
EGQS = Lossiemouth
3/4Regt Joint Apache pool at AAC Wattisham
7Regt Conv Flt 7th Rgt Conversion Flt at AAC Middle Wallop
(part of 671sq)
9(B)sq / 31sq Joint Tornado pool at RAF Marham
ADSU Apache Depth Support Unit at Wattisham
Airbus Airbus Military at Sevilla (Spain)
CMF Chinook Maintenance Flight at RAF Odiham
EGUB Pool 33/230sq pool at RAF Benson
GMS Glider Maintenance Section at RAF Syerston
Leonardo Leonardo Finnmeccanica at Yeovil
MDMF Merlin Depth Maintenance Facility at RNAS Culdrose
P2MF Puma HC2 Maintenance Facility at RAF Benson
QAF QinetiQ Air Fleet at QinetiQ Boscombe Down
TMU Typhoon Maintenance Unit at RAF Coningsby
TST Tornado Servicing Team at RAF Marham
SAA StandardAero Aviation at Fleetlands
WST Wildcat Storage at RNAS Yeovilton

Royal Air Force (AF)

Atlas C1
ZM418 24/70sq ex Airbus 072 may18
Chinook HC4
ZD981/(DE) 28sq ex SAA M7029 mar18
Chinook HC5
ZH897/(HL) 18(B)sq ex CMF M4476 apr18
Chinook HC6
ZK553 27sq ex 7sq M7704 apr18
ZK559 CMF ex 7sq M7710 apr18
ZK561 18(B)sq ex CMF M7712 apr18
ZK562 CMF ex 7sq M7713 apr18
Chinook HC6A
ZD983/(DG) 27sq ex 18(B)sq/(DG) M7022 mar18
ZH891/(HF) 27sq ex QinetiQ M4454 apr18
Hawk T1A
XX263 i/a Cardiff ex std EGOS 312099 jan18

Hercules C5
ZH882 std Marshalls, ex 24/30/47sq/882 5480 apr18
ZH888/888 24/30/47sq ex 1312Flt/888 5496 apr18
Prefect T1
ZM304 57sq ex G-CJYH 11113 may18

This was the last Prefect still on the UK civil aviation register.

Puma HC1
XW219 EGUB Pool ex P2MF 1144 apr18
XW235 P2MF ex EGUB Pool 1212 mar18
Squirrel HT1 / HT2

Six stored Squirrel helicopters left Bournemouth-Hurn

packed in containers during the second part of 2018. No

further details are known at this point in time.

T-6C
ZM323/323 Ascent, ex Beechcraft (N2824B) PM-110 may18
ZM324/324 Ascent, ex Beechcraft (N2826B) PM-111 may18

The next pair of Texan II aircraft arrived at Glasgow on 15

May 2018. From there they continued their journey to RAF

Valley.

Tornado GR4
ZA463 TST ex 9(B)sq / 31sq/028 273 apr18
ZA542 i/a EGYM ex 31sq/035 050 mar18
ZA588/056 9(B)sq/31sq ex i/a EGYM 098 mar18
ZD711 i/a EGXH ex std TST 329 apr18
ZD848/109 9(B)sq/31sq ex CMU 441 apr18
ZG752 i/a EGYM ex TST 868 apr18
ZG791/137 9(B)sq/31sq ex std CMU 913 apr18
Typhoon T3
ZJ803 std TMU ex 6sq/803 BT004 apr18
ZJ810/810 XI(F)sq ex 29sq/810 BT011 apr18
Typhoon FGR4
ZJ913/913 6sq ex 1(F)sq/913 BS004 apr18
ZJ919/919 6sq ex 1(F)sq/919 BS010 apr18
ZJ924/924 1(F)sq ex 29sq/924 BS015 apr18
ZJ929/929 XI(F)sq ex 3(F)sq/929 BS020 apr18
ZJ935/935 1(F)sq ex 3(F)sq/935 BS026 apr18
ZJ939/939 XI(F)sq ex 3(F)sq/939 BS032 may18
ZJ950/950 3(F)sq ex TMU BS047 apr18
ZK317/317 29sq ex II(AC)sq/317 BS078 apr18

Denmark received their repaired Merlin M-518. Seen here on arrival at Groningen-Eelde from Koksijde and afterwards it was heading for Karup

to re-join Esk 722. (8 May 2018, Sander Wittenaar)
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