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C17 UK

@C17UK

4 years

For anyone that didn’t happen to be flying at 68° North over Greenland last night, this is what you missed! 😲✨🇬🇱 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #Greenland

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After a freezing rain shower swept across the airfield, this crew landing in Canada were literally skating on thin ice! 🥶 ⛸✈️🇨🇦 #99Sqn #Canada #FreezingRain #IceRink #NoOrdinaryJob #C17 #RAF

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@C17UK

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👉 Reverse Idle tactical descent from 30,000 feet to 5,000 feet in 2 minutes & not even close to max performance for this beast! ✈️💪 Watch the wing angle vs the horizon for some perspective of how steep this is! 📐 #99Sqn #C17 #RAFC17is20 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #Friyay #AvGeek

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@C17UK

4 years

This is Jack. Jack is one of our brilliant Air Loadmasters and we think he has the coolest office on the Squadron! 😎 Be like Jack! 👊🛫 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #AirLoadmaster

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C17 UK

@C17UK

5 years

Best ever view out of the office window? 🙌🇬🇧🛫 It’s airshow season and this lucky crew got a private flypast from the @RAFBBMF Lancaster before they departed to @RAF_Gib ⛰ #C17 #Lancaster #99Sqn #BBMF #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #AvGeek @RAFBrizeNorton @RoyalAirForce

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C17 UK

@C17UK

5 years

This shows one of our Co Pilots flying his first ever Approach to Runway 09, @RAF_Gib ! As you can see, it resulted in a Go Around for a second try! There’s no shame in making safe decisions in aviation 🙏🛬 @RAFBrizeNorton @MODGibraltar #99Sqn #C17 #FlightSafety @RoyalAirForce

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C17 UK

@C17UK

3 years

Being involved in this humanitarian airlift Operation for @DefenceHQ is some of, if not the most challenging and equally humbling flying we have ever done on @99Sqn and that’s saying something ✈️ 🙏 #YouCallWeHaul #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #Boeing #MooseGang #NoOrdinaryJob @RoyalAirForce

Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧

@DefenceHQ

3 years

The entire Defence community could not be prouder of the work being done right now by @BritishArmy @RoyalAirForce @RoyalNavy @RoyalMarines in Kabul. 🇬🇧 Everyday they are saving lives.

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@C17UK

6 years

Could you ever get tired of views like this out of your office? #99Sqn #C17 #NoOrdinaryJob #RAF100 ✈️🌏🌊

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C17 UK

@C17UK

7 years

How do you clear snow off a 55 foot high C-17 tail? With a brave engineer and a broom... Obviously! 🤷‍♂️👩🏼‍🔧☃️❄️ #LowTechSolutions #C17 #99Sqn #WinterIsHere @BoeingUK @RAFBrizeNorton

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@C17UK

6 years

Incredible slow motion footage, looking through night vision goggles showing the immense electrical power within a band of thunderstorms over the desert 🏜 🌩⚡️ @metoffice @RAFBrizeNorton #99Sqn #C17 #AvGeek #ThunderStorm #ElectricalStorm #NightVision

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C17 UK

@C17UK

4 years

This is what 60° angle of bank looks like from the inside on a Run In & Break! For a big aircraft, the C-17’s maneuverability is nothing short of outrageous! 👊✈️ Photos taken during training at @Cardiff_Airport last week. #99Sqn #C17 #EachTenacious #NoOrdinaryJob

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C17 UK

@C17UK

3 years

This is the first 2 Gp @99Sqn solo parachuting sortie. The capability war handed over by 206 Sqn after completing their evaluation. A new airborne skill and an amazing video! #aviation #avgeek #vertigo #FreeFall

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C17 UK

@C17UK

6 years

When you’re stuck in the USA during the #PolarVortex , you need a Ground Engineer with a head for heights and a sweeping brush to clear the snow from our 55ft tail! #99Sqn #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob

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@C17UK

3 years

Today marks 20 years of @RoyalAirForce & @99Sqn C-17 operations! 🥳 #RAFC17Is20 🎈 ✈️✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️✈️ ✈️ ✈️ 📸 @BoeingUK ©

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C17 UK

@C17UK

3 years

Our normal limit for persons on board (POB) is a total of 138, which is limited by life raft capacity (46 x 3 or surge of 69 x 2 = 138 if one is damaged on ditching). 138 - 6 crew = 132 passengers. We more than tripled this on a daily basis for the last 2 weeks 🙏 #99Sqn #C17

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C17 UK

@C17UK

2 years

A challenging approach into Madeira Airport for one of our crews this week! 🌬️✈️ #NoOrdinaryJob #avgeeks #aviation

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C17 UK

@C17UK

4 years

Yesterday’s approach to the famous Runway 09 at @RAF_Gib had the added complication of a wall of fog at the far end of the runway, making an accurately flown approach vital! 🛬⛰🇬🇮 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #Gibraltar #NoOrdinaryJob

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C17 UK

@C17UK

6 years

The C-17 ramp can be used in flight for Airdrop, Cargo Jettison, or just sightseeing... 📦🗺 Our Air Loadmasters have an incredible view from their half of the office! 🙌✈️ #NoOrdinaryJob #RAF100 #99Sqn #C17 @RAFBrizeNorton @BoeingUK @RAF_NCACITC

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C17 UK

@C17UK

4 years

As you can see from this calm cockpit during a Visual Run In & Break flown at @Newquay_Airport last week, the C-17 takes a 60° banked turn in its stride! 💪✈️ #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #Newquay #NewquayAirport #NoOrdinaryJob #TrainHardFightEasy

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C17 UK

@C17UK

4 years

That’s “Gear Down” and locked, ready for the weekend! 🤩 A different view for you all during routine maintenance in @99Sqn Base Hangar 🔧✈️ #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #MaintainingExcellence #GearDown #FridayThoughts #Friyay

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@C17UK

6 years

Driving 200 tonnes of C-17 around an entirely ice covered Bardufoss airfield really focuses the mind! 🥶⛸🏔Great to support @BritishArmy and @RoyalMarines in Excercise Clockwork in Norway 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 @NorwayNATO @NorwegianArmy @Forsvaret_no @Luftforsvaret @UKinNorway @RoyalAirForce

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@C17UK

8 years

#DidYouKnow the #C17 can put its engines into reverse in flight and descend at 20,000ft/min? Important to practice these skills! #BZN #RAF

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@C17UK

5 years

Proof that the cockpit really is an office! We don’t just drink tea all day! 💻🗺✈️ Photo taken over the Mediterranean Sea on the way home from @RAFAkrotiri to @RAFBrizeNorton #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #CockpitViews #AvGeek #NoOrdinaryJob

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@C17UK

4 years

Moon setting over the tail after a full nights work. #C17 #RAF #rafakrotiri #noordinaryjob #rafbrizenorton

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C17 UK

@C17UK

6 years

When you pass another crew from @99Sqn flying in the opposite direction on the same airway, just 1000 ft beneath you! 🐫✈️🌵☀️ @RAFBrizeNorton @BoeingDefense #NoOrdinaryJob #99Sqn #MondayMotivation #AvGeeks #HeadsUp

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C17 UK

@C17UK

3 years

We were honoured to support @ComdtCranwell & the graduation of @RoyalAirForce ’s newest officers at RAF College Cranwell 🇬🇧 We think this is the first C-17 Cranwell grad flypast, can anyone correct us? We certainly haven’t seen shots like these before! 😲 ✈️ 🏛 #99Sqn #C17

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@C17UK

4 years

ZZ171 approaching Rwy 07 @RAFBrizeNorton The C-17 is unique in the way it lands. As it enters ground effect, power is increased with the throttles and extra blown-lift from the wing & flaps generates an air cushion! Think of us as an enormous Harrier! 🤩✈️ #99Sqn #C17 #RAF

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@C17UK

5 years

It might not look like it from the blue sky above but @RAF_Gib ’s weather yesterday made it near impossible to land safely due to thick ground level fog caused by the levant 🌫 But it made for epic views of the rock! ⛰✈️ #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #Gibraltar @MODGibraltar @RoyalAirForce

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C17 UK

@C17UK

4 years

Special delivery! 📦📦✈️ He’s some footage of a “combat offload” shot yesterday @RAFBrizeNorton 🎥 The purpose of a combat offload is to rapidly offload freight when a lack of equipment or the situation dictates it! Questions? Ask! 💭 #99Sqn #C17 #CombatOffload #RAF #AvGeek

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@C17UK

5 years

It’s been a bleak day on the ground in the UK today, but up here, there’s always a moment waiting to remind you how very special it is to work in the sky! 😲🌦🛫 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #WinterIsComing #BritishWeather #Sunset @RAFBrizeNorton @RoyalAirForce @metoffice

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@C17UK

6 years

Not a bad office view for one of our ‘techies’ from the steps of ZZ174 at @RAF_Gib ⛰🛫 #RAF100 #Gibraltar #NoOrdinaryJob #RAF #99Sqn #C17 #OfficeViews

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C17 UK

@C17UK

5 years

This crew is practising a “Combat Offload”. Using the aircraft’s own thrust to offload freight in the quickest way possible! Filmed during training at HDF Pápa Air Base, home of @SAC_Program 🙏🇭🇺🇬🇧🛫 #99Sqn #C17 #HDF #Hungary #Papa @RAFBrizeNorton @RoyalAirForce @ukinhungary

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@C17UK

6 years

If you follow us for your love of @BoeingAirplanes and the @BoeingDefense C-17, then you’re sure to love this centenary paint scheme from the C-17’s big sister! ✈️ 🇬🇧 #BA100 #AvGeek

British Airways

@British_Airways

6 years

It's been over 40 years since any of our 747s wore this livery, @BoeingAirplanes how does she look? #BOAC #BA100

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C17 UK

@C17UK

4 years

Boot packed 💪 Ready for the weekend ✈️ #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #FriYay #AirTransport #Cargo #Globemaster

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@C17UK

5 years

Merry Christmas from all of us @99Sqn 🎄✈️🎅🏻 We look forward to another year of delivering all kinds of presents, all over the world, right around the clock 🗺 🎁 Thanks for your support 🙏 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #MerryChristmas

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@C17UK

6 years

Delighted to confirm that we’re flying a C-17 to @airtattoo for a Static Display in July to celebrate #RAF100 with you all! Hopefully you’ll meet ZZ177 in her new tail scheme! 😍… #99Sqn #C17 #YouCallWeHaul #RIAT2018 @RAFBrizeNorton @RoyalAirForce @RIATPR

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@C17UK

6 years

Arctic Sceney at 36000ft #99Sqn #NoOrdinaryJob @RAFBrizeNorton

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@C17UK

6 years

@Aus_AirForce We think you’ll like this one of our @RoyalAirForce C-17 parting the fog at dawn on the way into @RAFBrizeNorton ! Photo taken by @MacksAviation 🙏✈️🌅

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C17 UK

@C17UK

5 years

As our fleet have been busy flying on Operations all over the globe, here’s a clip of us training for Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Flypast with 32(TR) Sqn’s #BAe146 !🛩✈️🇬🇧 #99Sqn #C17 #NoOrdinaryJob #QBF #RAF @OC32Sqn @RAFBrizeNorton @RoyalAirForce @BAESystemsAir @BoeingUK

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@C17UK

4 years

Today @usairforce celebrate the global C-17 fleet’s four millionth flight hour🥳 ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ ✈️✈️✈️ ✈️ At 140,000 hours we have made up 3.5% of that with our @RoyalAirForce & @BoeingUK fleet! 🙌 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #USAF #ReadyAF

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@C17UK

8 years

Full video of @RoyalRegatta @DartHarbour #C17 flypast! Terrain, terrain! @RAFBrizeNorton @BoeingDefense @BoeingUK

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@C17UK

6 years

One of our jets on its way back across Europe to @RAFBrizeNorton after delivering essential communications equipment to Thumrait Air Base in Oman for Exercise #SaifSareea3 🇴🇲🌵🌅 #SS3 #SaifSareea #Oman #99Sqn #YouCallWeHaul

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@C17UK

2 years

An absolute privilege for 99 Sqn to be involved in Her Majesty the Queen’s Jubilee Flypast. The engineers of 99 Sqn did a fantastic job in generating aircraft for all tasking, plus the flypast aircraft and a spare. Excellent precise and safe flying behind the A400M by the crew.

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@C17UK

4 years

Here’s a preview of what operating a C-17 on a dirt strip looks like, as we continue to develop our Semi Prepared Runway Operations capability ✈️🌾🪨 Find out more👇 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #SPRO #SemiPreparedRunwayOperations #NoOrdinaryJob

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@C17UK

6 years

A beautiful photo of our shadow and a rainbow halo against the clouds as one of our crews departed Hawaii last week! 🌺🤘🏝🌈 #99Sqn #YouCallWeHaul #NoOrdinaryJob #Hawaii #Pacific @HonoluluGov @NWSHonolulu #C17 @BoeingUK @RAFBrizeNorton

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@C17UK

5 years

What a magical sight this crew experienced over Iceland last weekend when they made a trip to @kefairport ! 🛫🇮🇸 🤝🇬🇧 #99Sqn #C17 #NoOrdinaryJob #AuroraBorealis #Iceland #NorthernLights #RAF #Keflavik @UKinIceland @IcelandinUK @RAFBrizeNorton @BoeingUK

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@C17UK

3 years

20 years ago, the first @RoyalAirForce C-17 Globemaster landed at its new home @RAFBrizeNorton . To mark 20 years of @99Sqn C-17 operations, here’s a short film looking back over the last two decades! 🛫🎥🍿 Full video 👉 🎈 #RAFC17is20 🥳 #99Sqn #C17

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4 years

Stunning shot of ZZ171 at touchdown during crew training today! The brakes of a C-17 can withstand landing at 265 tonnes with the instant application of MAXIMUM brake pressure 🛬💪 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob @RAFBrizeNorton 📸 @RafPhotog

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@C17UK

4 years

There’s only one downside to a Sunday morning sunrise departure for us and that’s not being able to watch it from the ground! 🛫🌤😲 Stunning photos from Matty as always @223Images © 📸 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #SundayMorning #Sunrise @RAFBrizeNorton

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@C17UK

3 years

A 99 Sqn C17 was landing on a wet runway, with 100klbs of fuel and only required 2500ft to land of the 4740ft available. This was at West Freugh with the support of TacFire and TacATC. Morning all. #ExTS @24SqnRAF

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C17 UK

@C17UK

5 years

The award for global sunset of the year goes to this one, shot by one of our engineers, over the Sahara Desert 🐪✈️🌵 Happy New Year to you all and thanks for your support 🙏 #99Sqn #C17 #Globemaster #EachTenacious #GlobalAirlift #NoOrdinaryJob #2019 #RAF

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@C17UK

3 years

Here’s the grad flypast from the inside! “Obstacle left” 🏛 - College Hall Officers’ Mess at RAF College Cranwell! It’s an obstacle for many young officers in their journey through training! ✈️ #99Sqn #C17 #NoOrdinaryJob #GradFlypast #Flypast #RAF @RoyalAirForce @ComdtCranwell

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@C17UK

5 years

It’s that time again folks. Whilst most you have been sleeping, somehwere in the world one of our crews has been meticulously balancing 40 tonnes of fuel across the 169 ft wingspan of a @RoyalAirForce C-17 Globemaster. If this isn’t pure #AvGeek we don’t know what is! 🙏🧐✈️

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5 years

These are the breathtaking views from the skies over Afghanistan as we deliver for @RAFBenson ’s Puma deployment in aid of @NATO mission @ResoluteSupport to train, assist and asvise Afghan security forces 🤝 🛫🏔 #99Sqn #C17 #NATO #JHC #RAF @UKinAfghanistan @RAFBrizeNorton

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@C17UK

3 years

Here’s a landing in the Arctic Circle 🥶 During winter, the sun barely rises above the horizon in northern Norway, so sometimes the whole day looks like sunset ⛅️ Who can guess what time this was filmed? ⏰ #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #ArcticCircle #Norway #Norge @Luftforsvaret @NATO

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C17 UK

@C17UK

7 years

In 2017 we moved 22 million lbs of freight along with 12,000 passengers. In one month alone we supported 6 different military Operations and 8 overseas Exercises across 27 countries! 🌍✈️🙌 #YouCallWeHaul #99Sqn #C17 #NoOrdinaryJob @RAFBrizeNorton @BoeingUK @RoyalAirForce

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@C17UK

4 years

Spotted on safari at @RAFBrizeNorton a mighty C-17 in her natural habitat. Lurking in the long grass, flexing her powerful Thrust Reversers whilst looking for a Runway to stretch her legs out on 🌾✈️🐆 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #EachTenacious 📸 @RafPhotog ©

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C17 UK

@C17UK

4 years

Not many sunbathers on this beach in Stornoway, so luckily we didn’t ruin too many afternoons with our enormous shadow! 😎 Thanks for having us and for the positively tropical scenery @SYYAirport 🏝🛫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #ScottishSummer #Stornoway

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@C17UK

4 years

Congratulations for four million C-17 flight hours! ✈️ 🥳 🇺🇸 @usairforce x 222 🇮🇳 @IAF_MCC x 11 🇬🇧 @RoyalAirForce x 8 🇦🇺 @AusAirForce x 8 🇶🇦 #QatarEmiriAirForce x 8 🇦🇪 #UAEAF x 8 🇨🇦 @RCAF_ARC x 6 🇰🇼 #KuwaitAirForce x 2 @SAC_Program x 3 🇧🇬🇪🇪🇭🇺🇱🇹🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇱🇷🇴🇸🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇸🇪 #C17 #ReadyAF

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@C17UK

5 years

Oxfordshire sunsets, who can beat these? 🌥😲🙌 #99Sqn #C17 #NoOrdinaryJob #BritishSummer #Sunset #Oxfordshire @RAFBrizeNorton @JointBasePHH @OxfordCity

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@C17UK

5 years

Sunset on the way back home across the English Channel, you can’t get a much more satisfying end to a mission than this! 🛬⛅️🇬🇧 #99Sqn #RAF #C17 #NoOrdinaryJob #Sunset #AvGeek #OfficeViews @RAFBrizeNorton @BoeingUK @JointBasePHH @RoyalAirForce

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@C17UK

5 years

Some beautiful photos of ZZ174 in the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao 🇨🇼 🌴 We were presented with this rare trip to pick up a Wildcat helicopter that the @RoyalNavy left behind for us! 🤝 📸 © @Dragon75_2010 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #Navy #teamworkmakesthedreamwork @RoyalAirForce

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@C17UK

6 years

If there’s one job a C-17 Co Pilot is useful for, its climbing up inside the 55 foot high T-Tail to inspect it for ice before takeoff! ❄️🧗🏻‍♂️✈️ #99Sqn #CoPilotLife #AvGeek #C17 #YouCallWeHaul #NoOrdinaryJob @RAFBrizeNorton @BoeingUK

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@C17UK

3 years

A 99 Sqn C17 taking off in 2500ft from a Tactical Landing Zone (TLZ) during Ex Tartan Spirit. Wait until the end of the video to see the debris!

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@C17UK

4 years

If you’ve got that Monday feeling, spare a thought for ZZ176 with this frosty start to the week in Greenland! ✈️🥶🇬🇱 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #Greenland #Icy #MondayMotivation #MondayMorning @Naalakkersuisut @GreenlandMFA

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@C17UK

5 years

A great photo showing the C-17’s scale from an angle we don’t often see. Taken whilst collecting a @RoyalNavy #Wildcat helicopter on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao 🇨🇼🌴✈️ 📸 © @Dragon75_2010 who also shot our current cover 😇 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce

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@C17UK

5 years

We love a flight across the pond, and a visit to @TeamCharleston in South Carolina is one of the best trips going! 🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧 Especially when you arrive amidst this awesome light show! 🌈✈️ #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #USAF #Rainbow #WeAreNATO @BoeingUK @BoeingAirplanes @RAFBrizeNorton

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@C17UK

5 years

Good morning winter! In this photo the jet is surrounded by an thick layer of “freezing fog” and there are even some quite rare “ice crystals” floating in the air. A beautiful morning to look at, but one to be very cautious of flying into! 🛫🥶❄️ #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob

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@C17UK

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In May 2001 our first C-17, ZZ171 arrived @RAFBrizeNorton beginning Ops in Sep. By 2012 our 8th C17 arrived! #99SqnAt100 @BoeingEurope #C17

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@C17UK

3 years

Gone, but never forgotten.

U.S. Marines

@USMC

3 years

Flag-draped transfer cases line the inside of a C-17 Globemaster II Aug. 29, 2021, prior to a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The fallen service members died while supporting non-combat operations in Kabul. Gone, but never forgotten.

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2 years

This week, 99 Sqn and ADW conducted an Airborne Long(ish) Range Para Insertion of 16 Air Assault Brigade to North Macedonia for an exercise. A fantastic demonstration of a new UK C17 capability. @RAFBrizeNorton @16AirAssltBCT

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@C17UK

3 years

A great shot from @Callsign_Kodak showing off our 20th anniversary Tail Art. Here's to another 20! #C17 #AvGeek

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@C17UK

4 years

Flying through the night is not uncommon for @99Sqn crews and while it can be very demanding it’s often equally rewarding, with views like this one! Can anyone guess which famous world city this is? ✨✈️🗺 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob

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@C17UK

3 years

Yestersay a @99Sqn C-17 from @RAFBrizeNorton flew to @RAF_Marham to collect equipment and flew it out to Ibiza for this @USMC F-35. All in a day’s work for the C-17 and the F-35 should be back in the skies soon! 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸 #99Sqn #C17 via @ukdefjournal

F-35 from HMS Queen Elizabeth in precautionary Ibiza landing

An F-35 jet launched from HMS Queen Elizabeth has had to conduct an emergency landing in Ibiza as a precautionary measure.

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A pilot’s view of last night’s NVG training @RAF_Wittering ! You see us overfly the A1 on approach to a NVG “box” marked on Rwy 25 with light invisible to the naked eye 😎 The crew performed a “Go Around At Threshold” on this particular approach 🛫 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob

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A rare visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina with a stunning approach in the shadow of the Dinaric Alps mountain range 🇧🇦 🛬⛰ All in support of Op ELGIN & EU led Op ALTHEA @eubih 🙏🇬🇧 🇪🇺 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #bosniaandherzegovina @MattFieldUK @RoyalAirForce @RAFBrizeNorton

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Most nights we have a whole team of people loading and preparing our aircraft so everything is ready to go at Crew In! This was taken at 4am by one of our Air Loadmasters after closing the ‘boot’ of a happy jet, full of cargo 📦✈️🙌 #C17 #99Sqn #YouCallWeHaul #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob

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Glad it went down well! It was an honour to fly you all home. One of our pilots & a former 1 PARA Pte passed word around that Ride of the Valkyries would be the right way to welcome you on board 🪂✈️🪂 @TheParachuteReg @2PARA_HQ @3PARA @16AirAssltBde @AirborneMedics @BritishArmy

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Inbound to the UK. Great touch from the crew. @2PARA_HQ @3PARA @AirborneMedics @16AirAssltBde @99Sqn

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This is what the office looks like to a @99Sqn C-17 crew navigating their way through the ITCZ (Inter Tropical Convergence Zone) at night! The electrical weather phenomenon of St Elmo’s Fire isn’t dangerous, but it usually means you’re surrounded by storms! ⚡️ #99Sqn #C17 #RAF

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You call, we haul! ☎️✈️🌍 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #OpPITTING #EachTenacious #NoOrdinaryJob #NextGenRAF #StrategicAirlift #MooseGang @DefenceHQ @RoyalAirForce

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This incredible picture shows a @RoyalAirForce C-17 Globemaster leaving Kabul last week carrying 436 people – the single biggest capacity flight in RAF history.

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What did you have for breakfast this morning? This jet swallowed two @ArmyAirCorps Apache attack helicopters whole and was still hungry for an extra pallet to wash it down! 🤩💪✈️ #99Sqn #C17 #Apache #ArmyAirCorps #RAF #YouCallWeHaul @RoyalAirForce @BritishArmy @RAFBrizeNorton

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Want to know what the challenging approach to Runway 09 @RAF_Gib looks like from the inside? Here’s a hyper-lapse for you! 🏔🛬 🙌 Have a great weekend everyone! #99Sqn #NoOrdinaryJob #C17 #Gibraltar #Hyperlapse #AvGeek @GibraltarGov @MODGibraltar @RAFBrizeNorton @RoyalAirForce

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@17SqnRAF @EdwardsAFB @OC617Sqn @OC207Sqn @AeroSociety Not a bad effort, but if it’s wing vorticies you’re after you might want some more wing 😉💪😅 #AvGeek #99Sqn #C17 Photo by @MacksAviation shot at @RAFBrizeNorton

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It’s not often that you’ll find a @99Sqn C-17 in Brazil but here’s ZZ177 on her final Approach into Rio De Janeiro for a fuel stop! 🏝🇧🇷🛬 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob @RAFBrizeNorton @ukinbrazil

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@99Sqn #C17 landing at Kathmandu✈️ An amazing view of a stunning landscape, look at those mountains!🗻 Delivering medical aid and receiving a warm welcome from our Nepalese and Gurkha hosts🙏 #Boeing #Globemaster #AvGeek #aviation #Pilot #NoOrdinaryJob

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Here are a few sunrises and sunsets our crews have captured on sorties through @JointBasePHH . Hawaii is sometimes used as a fuel stop for @99Sqn if we route to Australia via the USA 🌺🙏🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺 #NoOrdinaryJob #JBPHH #Hawaii #Aloha #99Sqn #C17 #RAF @RAFBrizeNorton @RoyalAirForce

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A great and rare clip of one of our C-17s spotted by another @RAFBrizeNorton aircraft flying just below us over Europe! 🙌✈️🗺 #99Sqn #C17 #NoOrdinaryJob

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It’s been a cold night here @RAFBrizeNorton ❄️☃️ ZZ176 is all wrapped up for #StormEmma #99Sqn #C17

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It doesn’t feel like working through a weekend when your office has views like this! Would you rather be skiing or flying through the alps? ✈️🏔⛷ #99Sqn #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #AvGeek #C17 #FrenchAlps ⁦ @Armee_de_lair ⁩ ⁦ @RAFBrizeNorton ⁩ ⁦ @RoyalAirForce ⁩

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This crew are conducting Night Vision Goggle (NVG) training. This skill allows us to operate into unlit and poorly lit airlfields along with Tactical Landing Zones (TLZs), anywhere in the world. Question of the day: Is this in a C-17 or in the flight simulator? ✈️🕹 #99Sqn

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Refuelling en route to deliver much needed #UKAid to those whose lives have been affected by #HurricaineIrma #Irma @RAFBrizeNorton @DFID_UK

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Here’s a departure from a very, very windy @FlyBGR airport in Bangor, Maine! 🌬🛫🇺🇸 Preparing for a flight in these conditions demands a real mental workout from the crew to make sure it’s a safe one! 🙏 #99Sqn #RAF #C17 #BangorMaine #Bangor #Crosswind #AvGeek #WinterIsComing

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@99Sqn #C17 flying back across the Atlantic at 30W last night experiencing the amazing Aurora Borealis! ✈️ 🌌 #RAF #Boeing #MooseGang #NoOrdinaryJob @RoyalAirForce

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Requested by many following our last photo of sweeping a snowy tail, this is the C-17’s secret internal tail staircase and the view from the top!

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If there’s one job a C-17 Co Pilot is useful for, its climbing up inside the 55 foot high T-Tail to inspect it for ice before takeoff! ❄️🧗🏻‍♂️✈️ #99Sqn #CoPilotLife #AvGeek #C17 #YouCallWeHaul #NoOrdinaryJob @RAFBrizeNorton @BoeingUK

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This stunning flight deck photo was taken by one of our Aircraft Ground Engineers (AGE) on an eastbound flight out of @RAFBrizeNorton Can you guess where? ✈️🗺 Our AGEs fly round the world with us & @RoyalAirForce is recruiting more! 😅 #NoOrdinaryJob

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A shiny, post de-ice #C17 from @99Sqn at Andrews AFB parked up in good company with our USAF playmates!🤝✈️ #RAF #Boeing #USAF #MooseGang #NoOrdinaryJob @RoyalAirForce #Globemaster #AvGeek #Aviation

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Winter Sun at the Riviera 😁 #99Sqn #RAFBrizeNorton #Noordinaryjob

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Flying over the Alps never fails to deliver stunning views 🏔✈️🙏 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #NoOrdinaryJob #OfficeWindow #OfficeViews

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Here’s ZZ177 showing us all how it’s done on Boxing Day! 🥊 📦 🛫 Even on Semi-Prepared Runway Operations (SPRO), the C-17 can land and takeoff at 220 tonnes! That’s the equivalent of 37,000 medium turkeys or 9,700 6ft Christmas trees, to be precise! 🦃🎄 #99Sqn #C17 #RAF #SPRO

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We would like to apologise to @Stuart_Wilson19 for photobombing his long exposure of @NASA Internarional @Space_Station passing over the UK during our NVG training @RAF_Wittering 🇬🇧✈️🛰 There can’t be many photos out there containing a C-17 & ISS! 💫 #99Sqn #C17 #ISS #NASA

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