First flown on 22 Apr'92 and delivered to the RAF on 2 Jun'92, and seen here during its high-speed take-off from Kandahar during Operation Herrick which supported ISAF. The Harrier was withdrawn fro use in Dec'10 and stored at homebase RAF Cottesmore. It was sold to the USA for spareparts fortheir AV-8B fleet. ZG862 was shipped to 309th AMARG in early '12 and stored up to Jul'23. Then moved to HVF West, Tucson (AZ) for scrap.

Converted to GR9 during 2007.

ex Boeing test registration N20075, delivered as a Chinook HC2A to the RAF on 18 Dec'97. ZH891 had the honour to be the last operational HC2 and made a flight as such on 18 February 2015. It was then converted to HC4 by Vector Aerospace Ltd at Fleetlands. In 2017 it was again modified, this time to HC6A by Boeing at Boscombe Down. The Chinook was stricken from RAF service by June 2022 and since stored at homebase Odiham.

Former Boeing test registration N37033, It was delivered as a HC1 to the RAF on 30 Aug'81 (with c/n MA016). Converted to HC2 (with c/n M7006). The Chinook was damaged on 25 Nov'99 during a crash in Oman, 5 miles south of Seeb IAP during night training mission with Special Forces. It was flown back to Brize Norton on 13 Dec'99 aboard an An-124 (RA-82046). It was repaired at Fleetlands using parts of former Argentinian Army CH-47C ZH257. Converted to HC4 by Vector Aerospace Ltd at Fleetlands by early '14 and to HC-6A by Boeing at Boscombe Down by mid-'19. Seen here in late afternoon at Kandahar.

Ground Instructional airframe with 2 SoTT (8455M).

Former Boeing test registration N37019, was delivered to the RAF as a HC1 in early 1981 (with construction number MA005). It was modified to HC2 ( with construction number M7004) by late 1993. Converted to HC4 by Vector Aerospace Ltd at Fleetlands in 2014 and saw again a modification to HC6A by Boeing at Boscombe Down during 2018. Check that cockpit section and the top of one of the blades, the workhorese shows very heavy wear and tear due to the tough mission in the difficult Afghan weather and dust environment.

Former Boeing test registration N37044, was delivered to the RAF on 18 Nov'81 as a Chinook HC1 (with construction number MA022). It left the RAF inventory for Boeing Philiadelphia via Liverpool Docks on 4 Nov'93, returned as a HC2 ( with construction number M7003). It was modified to HC4 by Vector Aerospace Ltd at Fleetlands in 2012/2013 timeframe, then in 2018 to HC6A by Boeing at Boscombe Down. The Chinook is seen here - as one of seven deployed RAF Chinooks to Kandahar - as a HC2. It shows quite some wear and tear due to the tough Afghan mission, and the weather and dust environment.

Rolling down the single runway of kandahar, this heavy armed Harrier of 4sq made its first flight on 12 Dec'88 and was delivered to the RAF as a GR7 on 23 Dec'88. Converted to GR7A in late 2003 and in late 2009 to GR9A. Withdrawn from use in Dec'10, stored at Cottesmore and later sold to the USA and shipped to 309th AMARG in early 2012. Moved from AMARC by Aug'23. Sold as scrap to HVF West, Tucson.