Omega B707 Tanker at Richmond

[Peter Agatsiotis]

A quick visit to Richmond this morning to log the 2 USAF C-130's that arrived yesterday (74-1692 & 74-1660) revealed an Omega B707 Tanker inside the paint shop.

Reg is N707AR and looks very 'new' as it has just been painted.

There is a N707AR registered to Omega (since 1996) but I have no SBS log of this reg arriving at Richmond recently (I am 12nm from RIC as the crow flies and pick up 99% of any Mode-s/ADS-B traffic in or out of Richmond).

There are 3 RAAF B707's parked at RIC at present and I know one of the RAAF units flew to the UK a few years ago so the question is - is this the existing N707AR or have Omega acquired an ex RAAF machine?

I did hear that the RAAF were trying to dispose of the 707's but an earlier 'deal' didn't proceed.