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An Air Force F-16 Viper taxis just a few hundred feet from the wall of fire at the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show, Oct. 28, 2017 at Fort Worth, Texas. (Courtesy photo by Air Force Viper Demo Team)

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‘I heard a shout and turned round to see an F-16 on fire’: An F-16 Fighter crashed at Nellis and hydrazine from its emergency unit trapped an RAF Vulcan crew inside the bomber

During the last Red Flag to fly an Avro Vulcan, in 1982, a crashing F-16 released hydrazine at Nellis. The RAF crew was ordered...

Shay Bottomley6 days ago

Avro Vulcan. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Britain Built 136 Avro Vulcans to Drop Nuclear Bombs on the Soviet Union. They Flew One War, in 1982, With Conventional Bombs.

Britain built 136 Avro Vulcans, the most numerous strategic bomber the RAF ever operated. Each was designed to carry a single free-fall nuclear weapon...

Isaac SeitzAugust 4, 2026

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Avro Vulcan: Meet the Bomber Built for World War III to Fight Russia

Often referred to as the Spirit of Great Britain, the Royal Air Force’s Avro Vulcan is a jet-powered, tailless, high-altitude bomber that flew from...

Kris OsbornJune 29, 2023

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‘I heard a shout and turned round to see an F-16 on fire’: An F-16 Fighter crashed at Nellis and hydrazine from its emergency unit trapped an RAF Vulcan crew inside the bomber

Aerospace & Defense

Britain Built 136 Avro Vulcans to Drop Nuclear Bombs on the Soviet Union. They Flew One War, in 1982, With Conventional Bombs.

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Avro Vulcan: Meet the Bomber Built for World War III to Fight Russia

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