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v-force
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
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
Vulcan-from-the-ground
The race was on again to prepare XH558 for the 2009 airshow season. A host of servicing requirements awaited the atte...
25 November 2022
Akrotiri
Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron. Ejection Seat chain of events. I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...
28 September 2022
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...
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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
v-bombers
In March 1959 I was posted to Headquarters Bomber Command (HWBC) at High Wycombe. At the time I was a Flight Lieutena...
27 January 2022