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The V-force was the name given to the Royal Air Force’s strategic nuclear bomber force during the Cold War. As ...
27 June 2024
XL388 during service
A Story of Spirit, Co-operation and Collaboration Back in October 2015 when XH558 landed at Finningley at the cess...
27 March 2024
37558
The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive that was built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry. T...
26 January 2024
OFFUTT DET009
Moving XM573 into the Strategic Aerospace Museum in 1982 – Nebraska, USA  Wing Commander Adrian Sum...
23 August 2023
Commer
You may have seen a dark blue vintage van parked next to XH558 during our Airside Tours and Engine Ground Runs. ...
28 July 2023
Roly Falk
In mid-1956 I returned to England from a two year working holiday in New Zealand and Australia, and urgently needed t...
28 July 2023
Akrotiri
Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron. Ejection Seat chain of events. I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...
28 September 2022
Roll Out 7
A fresh appeal was launched in March 2004 to reach the Trust’s commitment of 29% of the funding total, required befor...
Vulcan Restoration
In 1993 XH558 became the last Vulcan to leave RAF service, after a career of 33 years. At around 10am on the 23rd Mar...
A-Thor-missile-is-loaded-onto-a-Douglas-C-133-Cargomaster-transport-aircraft
On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union began the Space Age by launching Sputnik 1. It was the world’s first artificial s...