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The Avro Vulcan (later Hawker Siddeley Vulcan [1] from July 1963) [2] is a jet-powered, tailless, delta-wing, high-altitude, strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe and Company designed the Vulcan in response to Specification B.35/46.
Operations Black Buck 1 to Black Buck 7 were seven extremely long-range airstrikes conducted during the 1982 Falklands War by Royal Air Force (RAF) Vulcan bombers of the RAF Waddington Wing, comprising aircraft from Nos. 44, 50 and 101 Squadrons, against Argentine positions in the Falkland Islands. Five of the missions completed attacks.
Taken in 1982, at RAF Waddington stood in front of the Avro Vulcan just before it left for the Falklands war. The members of the General Engineering Firm, and the flight crew. The Vulcan went on to bomb Port Stanley during the war. Later in the 1980s my Dad went to help rebuild Port Stanley.
1 Royal Air Force [12] 18 Special Air Service [12] 3 Royal Corps of Signals (Army) [11] [12] Aircraft Lost in the Air:, no suffix: Fleet Air Arm. 2 Sea Harrier FRS.1 (hit by anti-aircraft fire during 4 May attack on Goose Green and by Roland missile during 1 June attack on Port Stanley) [13] 3 Westland Gazelle AH.1 Army and Royal Marines [11] [14]
During the 1982 Falklands War, Vulcan bombers from Nos 44, 50 and 101 Squadrons, supported by Victor tankers from Nos 55 and 57 Squadrons, carried out a series of seven extremely long-range ground attack missions against Argentine positions in the Falkland Islands. The operation was codenamed Black Buck.
Avro Vulcan XH558 (military serial XH558, civil aircraft registration G-VLCN) Spirit of Great Britain was the last remaining airworthy example of the 134 Avro Vulcan jet-powered delta winged strategic nuclear bomber aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force during the Cold War. It was the last Vulcan in military service, and the last to fly at ...
The squadron reformed again at RAF Waddington on 1 August 1962 equipped with the Avro Vulcan V bomber, using ex-617 Squadron aircraft made surplus after 617 Squadron re-equipped with Vulcan B.2s. [ 2 ] [ 18 ] It received Vulcan B.2s in December 1966, [ 2 ] and was still operating them when the Falklands War broke out in April 1982, with two ...
Royal Air Force Transport Command: Metropolitan Communication Squadron RAF at RAF Hendon: Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3: XZ997: Falklands Exhibition Boeing CH-47 Chinook HC.6A: ZA718: BN: Bravo November Falklands Exhibition Comper CLA.7 Swift: G-ACGL: de Havilland Chipmunk T.10: WP912: used by the Duke of Edinburgh for flight training Aberdeen ...