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===Military=== {{Main|Lockheed TriStar (RAF)}} The TriStar has also been used as a military tanker and passenger/cargo aircraft. The British [[Royal Air Force]] had nine aircraft of four variants. The aircraft were six ex-[[British Airways]] and three Pan Am L-1011-500s.<ref name="Frawley Military">{{cite book |last= Frawley |first= Gerard |title= The International Directory of Military Aircraft, 2002β2003 |location= Fyshwick, ACT, Australia |publisher= Aerospace Publications |year= 2002 |isbn= 1-875671-55-2 |page= 44}}</ref><ref name= "BAfleerenew">{{cite news |last= Prokesch |first= Steven |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/07/business/british-air-purchasing-boeing-747-s.html |title= British Air Purchasing Boeing 747s |work= The New York Times |date= July 7, 1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title= TriStar Tankers...The RAF Goes Widebody |magazine= [[Air International]] |volume= 29 |issue= 6 |date= December 1985 |pages= 271β277 |location= Bromley, UK |publisher= Fine Scroll}}</ref> All of the aircraft served with [[No. 216 Squadron RAF|No. 216 Squadron]], and were based at [[RAF Brize Norton]]. The TriStar was replaced in RAF service by the [[Airbus A330 MRTT]] under the [[Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft]] <!-- (FSTA) --> program.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/uk-signs-13-billion-tanker-deal-222521/|title=UK signs Β£13 billion tanker deal|last=Craig|first=Hoyle|date=March 27, 2008|work=FlightGlobal|language=en-GB}}</ref> 216 Squadron was officially disbanded on March 20, 2014, and flew its last sorties with the TriStar on March 24, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last= Hoyle |first= Craig |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/RAF-TriStars-to-fly-final-sortie-397316/ |title= RAF TriStars to fly final sortie |work =Flight International |date= March 24, 2014 |access-date= March 25, 2014}}</ref>
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