RAF Tristar

E92571

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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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 turbofan →
enteredService	1984 →
hasVariant	TriStar C2 → TriStar C2A → TriStar K1 → 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 KC2 → 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 →
usedInOperation	Operation Granby → Operation Herrick → Operation Telic →
wingConfiguration	low-wing →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft programme →	replaced