The new delta-wing Avro Vulcan was a revelation. Movietone newsreel footage of the 1955 Farnborough Airshow reveals test pilot Roland “Roly” Falk blasting into the damp September sky at the controls ...
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3 Nuclear Forces, 2 Bombers, 1 Fatal Flaw: How Britain’s Early Strike Plan Nearly Failed
Force, but the early plan had a critical flaw. Vulcans and Victors were expected to strike Soviet targets before enemy ...
Keith Mossman, RAF Cold War Warrior whose signal stations helped intercept Soviet bombers – obituary
Group Captain Keith Mossman, who has died aged 96, served in a wide variety of air defence posts as a pilot, controller, and commander at the height of the Cold War. The son of a First World War ...
Following the announcement that the Royal Air Force is regaining nuclear weapons, we explore the service’s history using nukes, explaining why they were originally abandoned in 1998. For 43 years, the ...
After a hiatus lasting some months, Russian bombers were today flying off the west coast of Ireland - presumably not admiring the scenic delights of the “Wild Atlantic Way.” The Irish Independent ...
The Ministry of Defence, said the RAF scrambled their Euro Typhoon fighter jets to direct the pair of Russian planes away from the Dorset coast. A spokesperson for the ministry was quick to highlight ...
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