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Silhouettes of an early Avro 698 concept and the cancelled Avro 710. The origin of the Vulcan and the other V bombers is linked with early British atomic weapon programme and nuclear deterrent policies. Britain's atom bomb programme began with Air Staff Operational Requirement OR.1001 issued in August 1946.
On 4 December 1950, the first successful interception of a jet bomber by a jet fighter occurred when a B-45 was shot down by a Soviet-built MiG-15 inside Chinese airspace. During the early 1950s, 40 B-45s were extensively modified so that they could be equipped with nuclear weapons. Improvements were made to their defensive systems and the fuel ...
Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets. This list does not include airships used for bombing and does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for different roles.
The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. [1] The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Frank Whittle and his company, Power Jets Ltd.
1950s British bomber aircraft (1 C, 5 P) 1960s British bomber aircraft ...
The allied air fleet also made use of AWACS aircraft and Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers. [133] [134] The aerial strike force was made up of over 2,250 combat aircraft, which included 1,800 US aircraft, which fought against an Iraqi force of about 500 primarily composed of MiG-29 and Mirage F1 fighters. More than 88,000 combat missions had ...
Avro 707 research aircraft in formation with Avro Vulcan bomber prototypes Fairey Delta 2 research aircraft Gloster E.28/39 jet engine research aircraft Miles M.35 Libellula canard research aircraft. Armstrong Whitworth Ape 1926 – Variable configuration aerodynamic test vehicle; Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 1947 – Jet powered flying wing
British Secret Projects: Jet Fighters Since 1950. Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-095-8. Buttler, Tony (2003). British Secret Projects: Jet Bombers Since 1949. Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-130-X. Jackson, A. J. (1987). De Havilland Aircraft since 1909. Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-802-X. "de Havilland". Royal Air Force Museum Aircraft Thesaurus.