After 47 years of service for the Royal Air Force, the VC10 took to the skies on Friday 20 September 2013 for its final Air-to-Air refuelling operational sortie. The aircraft will retire on 25 ...

So what was it that made the Vickers VC10 so special? From its launch in 1964 with BOAC to its 50-year tenure as a tanker for the RAF, the VC10 has been a longstanding icon of the UK's aviation ...

As of this month RAF Lyneham's Hercules fleet has a new base at RAF Brize Norton ... through to the utterly indispensable daily contribution of VC10, C-17 and Hercules to operations over Libya.