Why would it be the first of many? The VC-10 is there for a specific mission as it did after the North Korean nuclear test in 2006.
There is a short video here of the last VC-10 radiation sampling mission from Japan - 2006. One of the pods can be seen under the port wing.
Right click on the video to zoom in.
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