Python Slides Off Into Sunset, Retiring From Air Force After 25 Years
June 21 2011
Squadron Leader Eric Aldrovandi, a Burmese python and the longtime mascot for 14 Squadron, has retired after 25 years with the British Royal Air Force, reports the U.K. Ministry of Defense.
A Tornado GR 4 unit, 14 Squadron was recently disbanded after serving at RAF Bruggen in Germany and RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland.
Aldrovandi is scheduled to move to Amazonia in Glasgow, Scotland, this week.
The python's surname comes from a predecessor on 88 Squadron, an Aldrovandi rock...
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