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In a war it was never meant to fight, the Buccaneer flew 216 Gulf War sorties and marked 169 targets for Tornado ...
Since the retirement of the WE.177 tactical nuclear bomb and the phase-out of aircraft like the Blackburn Buccaneer and Tornado GR1/1A in the 1990s, the UK has relied solely on a sea-based deterrent. ...
An RAF jet was carried along the roads of Lincolnshire to the former RAF Binbrook airfield this week. Originally built at Brough in East Yorkshire, the Buccaneer S.2 XK526 is now at its new home ...
Lady Rachel MacRobert paid tribute to her lost sons in an RAF tradition which continues to this day. ... XV Squadron flew MacRobert's Reply, with various Buccaneer and Tornado jets taking the name.
Lady Rachel MacRobert paid tribute to her lost sons in an RAF tradition which continues to this day. ... XV Squadron flew MacRobert's Reply, with various Buccaneer and Tornado jets taking the name.
RAF Honington's role, squadrons and lodger units, facilities, contact and visiting details, ... In 1969 Honington became home to the Buccaneer until 1984 overlapping with the Tornado Weapons ...
In the RAF, three different aircraft types could deliver tactical nuclear free-fall bombs, ... In time the Tornado would replace the Buccaneer and Jaguar, ...
In a first for the RAF, metal parts from retired Tornado aircraft are being ground down and 3D printed into parts for the next-generation Tempest fighter jet. According to the RAF, the development ...
The RAF No. IX (B) Squadron on June 1, 1982, became the first front-line squadron in the world to operate the Tornado, but also registered the first British Tornado incident on September 27, 1983.
The Tornado was gifted to the Solway Aviation Museum by RAF Spadeadam, enhancing the site's historic collection, which includes the massive Avro Vulcan XJ823 and the recently acquired and last ...
Air Marshal Sir Peter Norriss, who has died aged 80, tested the then Prince of Wales during his flying training before flying Buccaneer and Tornado aircraft and going on to fill senior ...