The U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) is ending its association with the Vick- ers VC10 airliner this week, 47 years after the type entered service. The previous two VC1O tankers, Nos. ZA147 and ZA150, flew their last operational sorties on Sept. 20 with a farewell tour of U.K. airfields before returning to their home base at RAF Brize Norton. Designed during the 1950s, the four-engine airliner was built to operate from hot and high airfields to support services flown by British Overseas Airlines Corp.
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