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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
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Moving XM573 into the Strategic Aerospace Museum in 1982 – Nebraska, USA  Wing Commander Adrian Sum...
23 August 2023
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In the annals of aviation history, few aircraft have left a permanent mark like the Avro Lancaster and the Avro Vulca...
25 May 2023
Award
Thirty years ago whilst serving as Wing Commander Ops & Pilot Training Wing (OC OPTW) at RAF Finningley, the Air ...
28 April 2023
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The race was on again to prepare XH558 for the 2009 airshow season. A host of servicing requirements awaited the atte...
25 November 2022
558 and Lancaster
With funds once again depleted XH558 had to sit patiently in her hangar after her all too brief taste of freedom. It ...
28 October 2022
Akrotiri
Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron. Ejection Seat chain of events. I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...
28 September 2022
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On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union began the Space Age by launching Sputnik 1. It was the world’s first artificial s...
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Test beds Aside from regular duties, several Vulcan airframes were put to use in test and development roles. XA894...
25 February 2022
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Header image | source: globalaviationresource.com For the first few years after her return to flight in 2007, Vulc...
11 February 2022