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phrontline phantom aircraft at the beginning of december 2020, namely 301 hikotai and their phantom ii f-4ej kai’s. the last 301 hikotai phantom ii f-4ej kai retirement phlight was conducted on the 10th december by 07-8436, adorned in it’s blue phinale paint scheme. the 301 decommissioning ceremony was conducted on the 14th of december 2020 at the hyakuri airbase in iberaki prefecture. retiring the mighty kai phantoms see’s an end to 48 years of phrontline phighter service, which has seen the f-4ej providing a quick reaction alert jasdf rf-4e 47-6905 and 57-6907 the 9th of march 2020 saw the end of an era as the jasdf rf-4 phantom ii aircraft were retired at hyakuri air base after nigh on 46 years service since 47-6901 was delivered in 1974. six of the jasdf rf-4 phantom ii aircraft flew twice, in pairs, on their phinal day of service from hyakuri, the six aircraft being: rf-4es 47-6901, 47-6903, 57-6907, 57-6909 and rf-4ejs 67-6380 & 07-6433. fittingly 47-6901 was the first rf-4e and 07-6433 the last rf-4ej delivered to the jasdf. 501 jasdf rf-4ej 77-6397jasdf 501 trs 120 squadron delivers the first raf p-8a poseidon mra1 to the uk on the 4th february 2020, no.120 (cxx) squadron flew its new maritime patrol aircraft the boeing p-8a poseidon mra1, serial number zp801 – ‘pride of moray’, from nas jacksonville florida to raf kinloss in morayshire, under the callsign rafair 7078. the arrival of zp801 marks a new era for the squadron, station and the royal air force, as well as filling a gap in the u.k. maritime surveillance capability that has been missed since the demise of the nimrod fleet in 2010. 120 squadron naval air station (nas) lemoore, california, has been a key location on the map since its completion in 1961, fulfilling a requirement to support the pacific fleet of the united states navy. after eight years, nas lemoore returned to the us airshow calendar. lockheed martin f-35c vfa-125 rough raiders nas lemoore is firmly established and recognised as the western coast ‘master jet base’ and home to