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History of ZJ221

ZJ221 at Wattisham in May 2021
05/2003WHL Yeovil 
06/2003673 Sqn Middle Wallop 
19/06/2003Official delivery date 
11/2004WHL YeovilFor 300 hour servicing
04/2005 673 Sqn Middle Wallop 
21/11/2005WHL ShawburyAs “AA291”
11/05/2006673 Sqn Middle WallopAs “AA283”
09/20084 Rgt Wattisham 
02/20097 Btn REME Wattisham 
10/2009673 Sqn Middle Wallop 
07/2011ADSU Wattisham 
11/20124 Rgt Wattisham 
01/2013ADSU Wattisham 
03/20134 Rgt Wattisham 
04/20133 Rgt Wattisham 
01/2014Wattisham Pool 
04/20144 Rgt Wattisham 
09/2014656 Sqn 4 Rgt Wattisham 
11/2014662 Sqn 3 Rgt Wattisham 
04/2015ADSU Wattisham 
08/20157 Btn REME Wattisham 
10/2015Arizona, USAExercise Crimson Eagle
12/2015653 Sqn 3 Rgt Wattisham 
19/01/2016Wire strike accidentSuffered a tail wheel wire-strike incident as “AA062”,
making an emergency landing in a field in Suffolk
09/2016ADSU Wattisham 
03/2017664 Sqn 4 Rgt Wattisham 
10/2018653 Sqn LH AFS Wattisham 
11/2018664 Sqn 4 Rgt Wattisham 
05/2019ADSU Wattisham 
11/2019656 Sqn 4 Rgt Wattisham 
11/2020ADSU Wattisham 
03/2021653 Sqn 3 Rgt Wattisham 
04/2023656 Sqn 4 Rgt Wattisham
27/10/2023Airfreighted to Akrotiri aboard C-17A ZZ178
11/2023Returned from Akrotiri as airfreight
26/01/2024Airfreighted from Brize Norton to BardufossAboard C-17A ZZ173 as “Rafair6684“
02/05/2024DSEME LynehamInstructional use
02/05/2024De-Registered

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