§ Lord Astor of Heverasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many C130 Hercules transport aircraft are in service; on what date each of them was brought into service; how many air miles each has flown; how many times each of them has taken off and landed; and when each was most recently assessed for potential metal fatigue. [HL1413]
§ Lord BachThere are 25 Hercules C130K and 25 Hercules C130J aircraft currently in service with the Royal Air Force.
Structural fatigue on the each of the Hercules C130K aircraft is assessed every 14 days. The Hercules C130J is a more modern aircraft and is fitted with an on-board structural health monitoring (SHM) system. The SHM assesses structural fatigue damage after every flight.
In the following table "flying hours" is used instead of "air miles" because the former more accurately reflects the usage of the aircraft. The distance travelled by an aircraft does not form part of the data used to maintain the Hercules C130 fleet.
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Tail number Version Date in service Flying hours Landings XV196 C130K Mk1 Aug 67 25,962 20,159 XV200 C130K Mk1 Oct 67 25,266 23,055 XV205 C130K Mk1 Nov67 25,114 19,265 XV206 C130K Mk1 Nov67 25,582 22,124 XV295 C130K Mk1 May 68 24,512 23,620 XVI77 C130K Mk3 Feb 67 26,769 17,957 XVI84 C130K Mk3 May 67 28,682 23,429 XV188 C130K Mk3 Jul 67 26,744 20,724 XV197 C130K Mk3 Aug 67 27,915 20,890 XV199 C130K Mk3 Oct 67 28,898 22,115 XV202 C130K Mk3 Nov 67 28,610 20,672 XV209 C130K Mk3 Nov 67 26,465 17,282 XV212 C130K Mk3 Jan 68 29,280 19,559
Tail number Version Date in service Flying hours Landings XV214 C130K MK3 Jan 68 27,095 18,404 XV217 Cl30K MK3 Mar 68 29,396 20,885 XV220 Cl30K MK3 Feb 68 29,732 20,930 XV221 C130K MK3 Feb 68 28,048 19,199 XV290 Cl30K MK3 Mar 68 28,821 18,454 XV294 Cl30K MK3 Aug 68 26,659 18,963 XV299 Cl30K MK3 Aug 68 28,252 20,004 XV301 Cl30K MK3 Jun 68 27,696 19,468 XV303 Cl30K MK3 Jul 68 29,198 19,150 XV304 C130K Mk3 Jul 68 28,922 18,913 XV305 C130K MK3 Sep 68 27,760 16,574 XV307 C130K MK3 Aug 68 29,755 19,391 ZH865 C130J MK4 Aug 98 3,749 1,838 ZH866 C130J MK4 Aug 00 4,493 2,618 ZH867 C130J MK4 Aug 00 4,264 2,440 ZH868 C130J MK4 Jun 01 3,007 1,473 ZH869 C130J MK4 Jul 00 4,205 2,269 ZH870 C130J MK4 Apr 00 4,087 1,707 ZH871 C130J Mk4 Nov 98 314 569 ZH872 C130J MK4 Mar 00 3,967 1,607 ZH873 C130J MK4 Apr 00 4,150 1,979 ZH874 C130J MK4 May 00 4,150 2,143 ZH875 C130J MK4 Nov 99 3,948 1,667 ZH876 C130J MK4 Dec 99 4,217 1,808 ZH877 C130J MK4 Dec 99 4,218 1,911 ZH878 C130J MK4 Nov 99 3,041 1,298 ZH879 C130J MK4 Jun 00 3,875 1,843 ZH880 C130J MK5 Apr 99 675 1,317 ZH881 C130J MK5 Sep 00 2,872 1,868 ZH882 C130J MK5 Oct 00 3,091 1,773 ZH883 C130J MK5 Mar 01 2,639 1,752 ZH884 C130J MK5 Mar 01 1,560 1,276 ZH885 C130J MK5 Apr 01 2,372 1,918 ZH886 C130J MK5 May 01 1,244 946 ZH887 C130J MK5 May 01 1,938 1,632 ZH888 C130J MK5 Oct 00 674 452 ZH889 C130J MK5 Nov 00 916 924