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Final RAF sortie after 36 years

Flight Lieutenant Dunc has marked the end of his long RAF career with a final sortie in an Atlas A400M touching down at RAF Brize Norton.

In his 36+ year RAF career, Dunc has qualified on 15 platforms. Joining in 1989 and quickly gaining his wings, he was posted to the C-130K. He completed 3 tours, including his first instructional tour. Two further tours on the C-130J followed before a posting in 2004 to Cranwell where he taught on the King Air and Dominie.

Flight Lieutenant Dunc Wright waving from the Captains seat of an Atlas (A400M) aircraft after returning from his final sortie.

In 2011 as the Central Flying School Examiner, Dunc was responsible for instructional standards of multi-engine Qualified Flying Instructors across all 3 Services, alongside standardising and categorising QFIs on all multi engine platforms. 

Flight Lieutenant Dunc Wright on the steps of the Atlas (A400M) aircraft after returning from his final sortie, to be greeted by fellow Squadron members.

Since 2014, Dunc has been heavily involved in the Test & Evaluation community. Initially as the Multi-Engine Standards Evaluation pilot for the Air & Space Warfare Centre where he standardised the flying on both the Empire Test Pilots’ School and 206 Test & Evaluation Squadron. Since 2019 he has been an Air Mobility evaluator pilot and QFI for 206 Squadron, on C-130J and A400M. Dunc was the Squadron C-130J QFI until it went out of service in 2023. In his last few years on 206 Squadron, he worked as an Evaluator Pilot and QFI and has been responsible for delivering various trials on the A400M.

Hugs all around from fellow Squadron for Dunc.

Congratulations Dunc on a fantastic flying career!

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