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U.S. defense strategy evolves with 6th-generation aircraft, including the B-21 Raider and F-47, promising advances in stealth ...
A Show of Elegance and Power At the 1953 Farnborough Airshow, two brilliant white Avro Type 698 bombers roared into view ...
Seventy years ago, on September 17, 1955, a modified Convair B-36 departed Carswell Air Force Base in Texas. Legendary U.S.
The U.S. sold Iran dozens of its most capable jet—then spent decades chasing the spies and arms dealers smuggling the parts ...
Hear the iconic howl of the Avro Vulcan Bomber XL426 during a fast and static taxi run blast at Southend Airport. This video captures the powerful, distinctive sound that has made the Vulcan ...
The Vulcan’s “Black Buck” missions in the Falklands War were among the most complex and logistically demanding in RAF history, pushing the aging bombers and their crews to their limits.
FOR more than 38 years, the Vulcan aircraft has been delighting visitors to its hangar at Southend Airport. The former RAF bomber is one of only three Vulcans in the world in live, ground-running ...
THE charity preserving an historic RAF bomber has reflected on the aircraft’s fascinating past as it marks the famous plane’s 38th year at Southend Airport. The Vulcan XL426 arrived in ...
The UK introduced its Avro Vulcan bomber just days after the end of the Second World War. This jet-powered, tailless, delta-wing aircraft would become the UK’s nuclear bomber during the Cold War ...
Guy Martin: Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber is a 2015 documentary directed by James Woodroffe. It follows the British motorcycle racer and television presenter Guy Martin as he joins the crew of ...
Custodians of the last Vulcan bomber to fly in military service, which has been based in South Yorkshire for more than 10 years, say they are “humbled” by the public love and support for the ...
In 1956, the Avro 698 Vulcan B.1 officially joined the ranks of the Royal Air Force, equipped with what has reportedly been deemed the Phase 2 wing (which bolstered the aircraft's stability when ...