Historical

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

A fresh appeal was launched in March 2004 to reach the Trust’s commitment of 29% of the funding total, required befor...

In 1993 XH558 became the last Vulcan to leave RAF service, after a career of 33 years. At around 10am on the 23rd Mar...

No. 27 Squadron flew the last Scampton Vulcan Sortie on the 31st March 1982, disbandment day, and handed over the mar...

Following the transfer of the strategic deterrent role to the Royal Navy’s Polaris fleet, on 30th June 1969, the RAF ...

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...