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.

Aliases (5)
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 →
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 →
surface form: "Vulcan B.1"

Vulcan bomber →
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 (10)

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

No. 617 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Vulcan bomber →
this entity surface form: "Avro Vulcan"
RAF Scampton → basedAircraftType → Vulcan bomber →
this entity surface form: "Avro Vulcan"
RAF Strike Command → equipment → Vulcan bomber →
this entity surface form: "Avro Vulcan"
Operation Corporate → notableAircraft → Vulcan bomber →
this entity surface form: "Avro Vulcan"
Vulcan bomber → partOf → Vulcan bomber →
subject surface form: "Avro Vulcan"
this entity surface form: "V-bomber force"
RAF Waddington → previousHomeBaseOf → Vulcan bomber →
this entity surface form: "Avro Vulcan bomber squadrons"
Vulcan bomber → serviceDesignation → Vulcan bomber →
subject surface form: "Avro Vulcan"
this entity surface form: "Vulcan B.1"
Vulcan bomber → serviceDesignation → Vulcan bomber →
subject surface form: "Avro Vulcan"
this entity surface form: "Vulcan B.2"
Black Buck raids → usedAircraft → Vulcan bomber →
this entity surface form: "Avro Vulcan"
Falklands War → usedWeapon → Vulcan bomber →
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