Lockheed C-130J Hercules
02 October 2021
20:24
Origin : AKT
AKT
LCRA
Akrotiri
(unassigned)
United Kingdom
Elevation : 23m / 76ft
Coordinates : 35°34′25″N 33°58′16″E
Destination : VTM
VTM
LLNV
Beersheba
Southern District
Israel
Elevation : 405m / 1330ft
Coordinates : 31°11′30″N 35°0′44″E
Comment
This is amazing : it arrived from it's last mission at around 20:00 UTC and takes off again after barely half an hour.That more like touch-and-go than turn-around !
They have to be somewhere in a hurry and there's no other C130 available ?
It's flying into Israel like it's going to do another 'small Albert'...but it can't have loaded or unloaded anything of consequence in Akrotiri.
"Curiouser and curiouser !"
"Curiouser and curiouser !"
@ 22:26 UTC : Returning to Akrotiri from Nevatim. That too was a very quick in and out. Again barely time to load or unload anything.
Apart from that, it's the first time we see an RAF machine going there.
Apart from that, it's the first time we see an RAF machine going there.