No. 30 Squadron RAF

No. 30 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the second generation C-130J Hercules from RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire.

The RAF transport fleet is in a period of flux and the Hercules C4/C5 fleet is a major part of this. The RAF ordered 25 of the aircraft with first deliveries in 1999. The first generation Hercules C1/C3 fleet is due to be replaced by 25 Airbus A400Ms at which time RAF Lyneham will close. This will see RAF's transport aircraft concentrated at RAF Brize Norton with the C-17 and tanker fleets.

RAF Hercules units

C4/C5

• No. 24 Squadron
• No. 30 Squadron

C1/C3

• No. 47 Squadron
• No. 70 Squadron

See also

• List of RAF squadrons