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Handley Page Hastings T.5
Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1948-AUG 1977, Cosford, Hangar Four, 85/A/9
The Handley Page Hastings replaced the Avro York as the Royal Air Force’s standard long-range transport from 1948. Two squadrons of the new aircraft served alongside the Avro York throughout the Berlin Airlift, flying vital supplies into the city during the Soviet blockade.
Lockheed Hercules C3
Aircraft & Exhibits, AUG 1967-AUG 2011, Cosford, External Display, X005-5969
First flown as a prototype for the United States Air Force in August 1954, the C-130 Hercules, as a troop transport, disaster relief and aerial tanker aircraft has been a mainstay of the RAF transport fleet since the late 1960s (along with those of many other air forces); it has seen extensive operational use including the Falklands, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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