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With fears of a Soviet strike at the forefront of military planning, the RAF maintained an eclectic collection of aircraft prepared at any moment to intercept hostile aircraft or hit targets in the USSR.

With fears of a Soviet strike at the forefront of military planning, the RAF maintained an eclectic collection of aircraft prepared at any moment to intercept hostile aircraft or hit targets in the USSR.

This is an image from the Imperial War Museum Collection. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1950 - 1967© Crown copyright. IWM (RAF-T 3621) Original photo link here - www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205214530# The Avro Blue Steel stand-off nuclear bomb, on its transportation 'dolly' underneath an Avro Vulcan B.2 A prior to being attached to the bomb-bay. The aircraft was of No 617 Squadron and the image was taken at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire.

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Handley Page Victor | The Victor was the third (V Bomber) to be built. The other two being the Valiant and the Vulcan. All three were designed for high-speed, high-altitude penetration for invasion of Soviet airspace to deliver nuclear weapons. The first flight of the Victor was made on 24th December 1952, with 86 airframes in various Mks produced. Later in its life some aircraft were converted to refueling tankers to replace the Valiant. The last squadron of Victors, No. 55 Squadron was…

Handley Page Victor B Mk 2 by Adam Tooby

Handley Page Victor XH648 dropping bombs. © Crown copyright. IWM (HU 81578)

“Avro Vulcan B2 XL360 First Flew on airtest from Woodford 53 years ago today on the 31/1/1962 #twitterVforce”

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On the 1st of July, 1960 Avro pilot Tony Blackman climbed into the cockpit of a Hawker Siddeley Vulcan delta wing strategic bomber in order to deliver her from the aircraft manufacturer (A.V. Roe and Company, Avro) for Royal Air Force service. The British four-jet aircraft dressed in antiflash white–military serial XH558–was the 59th of the 136 Avro Vulcan medium range heavy bombers ever built. And this summer XH558, The Spirit of Great Britain, the last of her type is going to bid farewell…