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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).
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.
ZH889 arr. 16th June23 RAF (stored).
ZH868 arr. 20th June23 RAF (stored).
ZH871 arr. 21st June23 RAF (stored).
ZH867 arr. 28th June23 RAF (stored).
ZH870 arr. 28th June23 RAF (stored).
409 arr. 11th August 23 South Africa.
166473 arr. 29th November 23 USMC.
165738 arr. 8th December 23 USMC.
B-538 arr. 5th January 24 Denmark.
169226 arr. 18th January 24 USMC.
KC-3806 arr. 5th February 24 India.
MAK arr. 12th February 24 Qatar.
5601 arr. 26th February 24. Norway
8T-CC arr. 6th March 24 Austria.
169532 arr. 8th March 24 USMC.
169225 arr. 12th March 24 USMC.

List updated on 28th March to remove G988 which departed today having arrived on the 13th February 2024 and remove 170037 which also departed today having arrived on the 23rd October 2023.

USMC 5738, RDAF B-536 outside near Tower.

South African 409 outside at West end of airfield.

List updated 6th March to add 8T-CC which arrived today.

The above KC-130J arrived at Cambridge this afternoon around 13:40 from Shannon. Can anyone advise if it has been left outside over the weekend? Also seen outside was 165738/BH and 170039/BH, the latter of which did an air-test this afternoon. Cheers John

Outside at 07:30 Sunday were

169532/QD USMC
166738 USMC
409 South Africa

List updated 10th March to
delete B-536 which departed 7th March 2024 having arrived on the 19th June 2023.
delete 170039 which departed on the 8th March having arrived on 10th November 2023.
add 169532 which arrived on the 8th March 2024.

List updated 12th March to add 169225 which arrived today.

Currently outside are:
USMC QH 9225, QD 9532, BH 5738 - Parked near to the tower.
Austrian 8T-CC - Hidden between the hangars near the tower, visible tail-on from Airport way.
South African 409 - Parked at West end of airfield.

Noted outside today around 1630 were;

USMC QH9225 by tower, QD9532, BH5738 mixed in with ex RAF (counted 10, serials all hidden)
SAAF 409 still west end

Didn`t notice the Austrian

Dave

As of first thing this morning, USMC 5738/BH, 9532/QD, 9225/QH were outside near to the tower.

South African 409 was at the west end of the airfield.

No sign of 169227 outside after yesterday's test flight.

169227 outside next to the tower at 10.24L

Edit that:: 169227 has now been put in a Hangar.

reach2911 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:38 am

Edit that:: 169227 has now been put in a Hangar

Add to that: …after running engines in GRE earlier this morning.

List updated 26th March to delete 169227 USMC which departed on the 22nd March having arrived on the 28th September 2023. I have been unable to keep up with movements or this list for the last three weeks so please don't hesitate to let me know if anything has happened that I have missed.

Had a quick stop off here yesterday morning 27/03/24 on my way to Mildenhall & saw at least 11 C-130's outside, but could only identify ZH883 (by its tail markings) & 9225/QH. Does anybody have an up to-date list of which C-130's are outside please?

List updated on 28th March to remove G988 which departed today having arrived on the 13th February 2024 and remove 170037 which also departed today having arrived on the 23rd October 2023.

28-Mar-2024
Inventory of stored ex RAF Hercs outside (11 aircraft, formerly ZH8**):
three on the side of H17 - 66, 69 and 65; four in the front of H17 - 70 (special tail), 79, 68 and 88; four at the tower - 72, 89, 75 and 71.

Other Hercs:
USMC 165738 on the side of H16; Dutch G-988 and USMC 170037 delivered; SAAF 409 was towed into H17 MX after running engines in GRE.