SEPECAT Jaguar - Survivor XX966 (8904M)
GR.1 XX966 - Pembrey Ranges (target), Carmarthenshire
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Jaguar GR.1 XX966 at Pembrey Ranges, 4th August 2024; ZM Aviation
XX966 was first flown on 19th November 1975 and delivered to the RAF the next month, joining 17 Squadron at RAFG Brüggen, initially coded 966 and later BM. 17 Squadron re-equipped with the Tornado from January 1985, and XX969 was returned to the UK for storage at RAF Shawbury in December 1986.
She was soon transferred to No.1 SoTT at RAF Halton for ground instructional use, then onwards to No.2 SoTT at RAF Cosford. At some point, she was repainted in the then-current grey scheme and coded JJ.
In 2006, the aircraft was stripped for spares, leaving her as a gutted shell before being transported to the Pembrey Ranges in 2009 where the aircraft remains today.
Sadly, XX966 has suffered a lot of corrosion since its time at Pembrey and is currently being, somewhat, supported by trestles. The airframe has also suffered lots of bullet strikes causing large damage throughout the aircraft.
She was soon transferred to No.1 SoTT at RAF Halton for ground instructional use, then onwards to No.2 SoTT at RAF Cosford. At some point, she was repainted in the then-current grey scheme and coded JJ.
In 2006, the aircraft was stripped for spares, leaving her as a gutted shell before being transported to the Pembrey Ranges in 2009 where the aircraft remains today.
Sadly, XX966 has suffered a lot of corrosion since its time at Pembrey and is currently being, somewhat, supported by trestles. The airframe has also suffered lots of bullet strikes causing large damage throughout the aircraft.
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