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XZ118

First flight 12 May 1976. Allocated to No 41 Sqd. Upgraded to GR.1A in Oct 1986. In 1990 it received the Gulf mods and the ARTF desert pink scheme, and was deployed to Thumrait on 02 Nov 1990. It carried the 'Buster Gonad' nose art and collected 38 mission symbols. It returned to the UK on 13 Mar 1991. It was one of the first eight aircraft to deploy to Incirlik under Operation 'Warden' on 04 Sep 1991. It was used extensively on UN peacekeeping operations. It was upgraded to GR.3 in late 1998 and GR.3A in Apr 2004. It was flown to St Athan on 29 Sep 2005 for spares recovery. The fuselage was disposed of to Everett Aero at Bentwaters by Mar 2006.
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