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 ...
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 ...
During World War II, a damaged RAF bomber completed an extraordinary flight after its crew bailed out over occupied territory. With no pilot aboard, the aircraft continued flying for miles before ...
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 ...
LONDON, June 2, 1944 (UP) -- R.A.F. heavy bombers, embarked upon a campaign to ruin Nazi rail communications in Western Europe, attacked German targets in enemy-occupied territory again during the ...