Vulcan bomber

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delta-wing aircraft jet-powered aircraft military aircraft strategic bomber

The Vulcan bomber was a British Royal Air Force delta-wing strategic jet bomber, famed for its long-range Black Buck raids during the Falklands War.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Avro Vulcan 22
Vulcan B.2 3
Avro Vulcan B.2 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf delta-wing aircraft ⓘ
jet-powered aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
strategic bomber ⓘ
blackBuckTarget Port Stanley runway ⓘ
surface form: Port Stanley airfield
contemporaries Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Vickers Valiant bomber ⓘ
surface form: Vickers Valiant
conventionalArmament conventional bombs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 5 ⓘ
designedBy Roy Chadwick ⓘ
Stuart Davies ⓘ
designedFor high-altitude penetration ⓘ
engineType turbojet ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
falklandsRole long-range bombing missions ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1952-08-30 ⓘ
firstPrototypeDesignation Avro Type 698 ⓘ
introducedIntoService 1956 ⓘ
laterTactics low-level penetration ⓘ
manufacturer Avro ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately Mach 0.96 ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableAircraft Vulcan XH558 ⓘ
notableOperation Black Buck raids ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf Vulcan bomber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: V-bomber force
powerplant Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet ⓘ
primaryArmament free-fall nuclear bombs ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
range approximately 4,000 miles ⓘ
retiredFromRAFService 1984 ⓘ
role nuclear deterrent platform ⓘ
strategic bomber ⓘ
serviceCeiling about 55,000 ft ⓘ
serviceDesignation Vulcan bomber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vulcan B.1

Vulcan bomber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vulcan B.2
status retired from military service ⓘ
survivingExamples museum exhibits ⓘ
taxiable aircraft ⓘ
usedBy No. 101 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 44 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 50 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
usedInConflict Falklands War ⓘ
wingConfiguration tailless delta wing ⓘ
XH558Retirement 2015 ⓘ
XH558Role display aircraft ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Falklands War → usedWeapon → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
RAF Waddington → previousHomeBaseOf → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan bomber squadrons
RAF Scampton → basedAircraftType → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Black Buck raids → usedAircraft → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
No. 617 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Vulcan bomber → partOf → Vulcan bomber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Vulcan
this entity surface form: V-bomber force
Vulcan bomber → serviceDesignation → Vulcan bomber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Vulcan
this entity surface form: Vulcan B.1
Vulcan bomber → serviceDesignation → Vulcan bomber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Vulcan
this entity surface form: Vulcan B.2
Operation Corporate → notableAircraft → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
RAF Strike Command → equipment → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Avro → notableWork → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
RAF Waddington International Air Show → featuredAircraftType → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
A.V. Roe and Company → notableWork → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Port Stanley runway → attackedBy → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan bombers
Martin Withers → aircraftFlown → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Operation Black Buck → aircraftTypeUsed → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vulcan B.2
Handley Page Victor → contemporaneousWith → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
No. 44 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
No. 44 Squadron RAF → notableAircraft → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan V‑bomber
Vickers Valiant bomber → contemporaneousWith → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
subject surface form: Vickers Valiant
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Vickers Valiant bomber → successorInRole → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
subject surface form: Vickers Valiant
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
No. 50 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Vulcan XH558 → aircraftType → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan B.2
Vulcan XH558 → lastAirworthyExampleOf → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Vulcan XH558 → airframeVariant → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vulcan B.2
Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet → usedInAircraft → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Olympus
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet → poweredAircraft → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Olympus
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan B.2
617 Squadron → usedAircraft → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Avro Type 698 → developedInto → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Avro Type 698 → ledToDevelopmentOf → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan strategic bomber
Avro Type 698 → successor → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Stuart Davies → notableWork → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Stuart Davies → designed → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan
Woodford Aerodrome → notableAircraftProduced → Vulcan bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avro Vulcan