RAF Tristar

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military aircraft type tanker-transport aircraft transport aircraft

RAF Tristar was a fleet of converted Lockheed L-1011 TriStar aircraft used by the Royal Air Force primarily for air-to-air refuelling and transport duties.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lockheed Tristar tanker 1
RAF Tristar canonical 1
TriStar C2 (RAF) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military aircraft type ⓘ
tanker-transport aircraft ⓘ
tanker-transport aircraft ⓘ
tanker-transport aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
acquiredFrom British Airways ⓘ
Pan American World Airways ⓘ
allianceRole NATO air-to-air refuelling support ⓘ
basedOn Lockheed L-1011 TriStar ⓘ
configuration trijet ⓘ
convertedBy Marshall Aerospace ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crew flight deck crew of 3 ⓘ
engineType Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
surface form: Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofan
enteredService 1984 ⓘ
hasVariant TriStar C2 ⓘ
TriStar C2 ⓘ
surface form: TriStar C2A

TriStar K1 ⓘ
KC-10 Extender ⓘ
surface form: TriStar KC1
numberBuilt 9 ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
primaryRole air-to-air refuelling ⓘ
air-to-air refuelling ⓘ
air-to-air refuelling ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
registrationPrefix ZD ⓘ
ZE ⓘ
replacedBy Airbus Voyager ⓘ
surface form: Airbus Voyager KC2

Airbus Voyager ⓘ
surface form: Airbus Voyager KC3
retired 2014 ⓘ
secondaryRole freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
transport ⓘ
stationedAt RAF Brize Norton ⓘ
tailConfiguration S-duct tail engine ⓘ
usedBy No. 216 Squadron RAF ⓘ
usedFor aeromedical evacuation ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
usedInOperation Operation Granby ⓘ
Operation Herrick ⓘ
Operation Telic ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft programme → replaced → RAF Tristar ⓘ
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar → militaryDesignation → RAF Tristar ⓘ
this entity surface form: TriStar C2 (RAF)
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar → militaryDesignation → RAF Tristar ⓘ
this entity surface form: TriStar K1 (RAF)
Handley Page Victor → successorRoleTakenOverBy → RAF Tristar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lockheed Tristar tanker