Historical

The Doomsday Clock, a symbol created during the early years of the Cold War, serves as a metaphorical representa...

You may have seen a dark blue vintage van parked next to XH558 during our Airside Tours and Engine Ground Runs. ...

With the dawning of the atomic age in August 1945, it was obvious to military strategists that any future bomber to d...

On 16 July 1945, with the support of Britain, the United States detonated the world’s first atomic weapon. In August ...

On 3 October 1952, Britain detonated their first atomic bomb.  Due to the small size and high-density populat...

On 19 October 1945, just over two months after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, English writer&nbs...

An espionage story from 1966 – by Jim Debenham, VTST Volunteer If this were a fictional story it would h...

Operation Sky Shield was a series of three large-scale military exercises conducted in the United States. The Cold Wa...

From February 1962 onwards two jets in every major RAF base, armed with nuclear weapons, were on standby for Quick Re...