The final RAF C-130J Hercules flights have taken off as the transport aircraft retires after 56 years of service.
The last two flights took off from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire this morning – heading to Marshall Aerospace in Cambridge to be sold off along with the rest of the Hercules fleet.
Known as the workhorse of the RAF, the transport aircraft has been used on operations across the globe.
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The Hercules’ retirement was marked earlier this month with a spectacular seven-hour flypast across the UK.
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