Aircraft
From the SE.5a of the Western Front to the F-35B Lightning — the aircraft of the Royal Air Force, profiled in full.
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Lockheed (later Lockheed Martin)
Transport & Support AircraftThe Lockheed C-130 Hercules gave the RAF decades of tactical airlift, from Cold War transport duties to later operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
View aircraft → Entered service December 1967
Retired 30 June 2023
Max speed 368 mph (592 km/h)
Ceiling 33,000 ft (10,058 m)
Range 2,050 mi (3,299 km)
Reconnaissance & Special Duties · 10 aircraft
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AgustaWestland Merlin 2001–2014
Airbus Voyager 2012–In service
Airco DH.9A Bomber Aircraft · 1918–1931
Airspeed Horsa 1942–1945
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy 1961–1978
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin Fighter Aircraft · 1924–1932
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Bomber Aircraft · 1937–1945
Avro 504 Transport & Support Aircraft · 1913–1933
Avro Anson Maritime Aircraft · 1936–1968
Avro Lancaster Bomber Aircraft · 1942–1956
Avro Lincoln Bomber Aircraft · 1945–1963
Avro Manchester Bomber Aircraft · 1940–1942
Avro Shackleton Maritime Aircraft · 1951–1991
Avro Vulcan Bomber Aircraft · 1956–1984
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BAC TSR2 Reconnaissance & Special Duties · N/A–1965
BAE Hawk Reconnaissance & Special Duties · 1976
Blackburn Buccaneer Fighter Aircraft · 1962–1994
Boeing E-3 Sentry Reconnaissance & Special Duties · 1991–2021
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Reconnaissance & Special Duties · 2026
Boeing Poseidon MRA1 Maritime Aircraft · 2020
Bristol Beaufighter Fighter Aircraft · 1940–1946
Bristol Beaufort Maritime Aircraft · 1940–1944
Bristol Blenheim Bomber Aircraft · 1937–1944
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Handley Page Halifax Bomber Aircraft · 1940–1952
Handley Page Hampden Bomber Aircraft · 1938–1943
Handley Page Victor Bomber Aircraft · 1958–1993
Hawker Hind Bomber Aircraft · 1935–1939
Hawker Hunter Fighter Aircraft · 1954–1994
Hawker Hurricane Fighter Aircraft · 1937–1947
Hawker Siddeley Harrier Fighter Aircraft · 1969–2010
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod Reconnaissance & Special Duties · 1969–2010
Hawker Tempest Fighter Aircraft · 1944–1953
Hawker Typhoon Fighter Aircraft · 1941–1945
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