Название: Avro Vulcan: Britain's Famous Delta-wing V-bomber
Автор: Tony Buttler
Издательство: Midland Publishing
Серия: Aerofax
ISBN: 185780256X
Год издания: 2007
Язык: English
Количество страниц: 147
Формат: PDF
Размер: 96,2 MB
The Avro Vulcan was one of three aircraft designed to form part of Britain's V-bomber fleet alongside the Valiant and Victor. The Avro Vulcan was perhaps one of the most iconic aircraft designed and built in the UK in the postwar years. Ironically, the type's most famous action did not involve combating the international communism threat, but rather the Argentinean invasion of the Falkland Islands in April 1982. In two of the most carefully planned and audacious aviation raids in history, Vulcans from RAF Waddington attacked the airfield at Port Stanley in early May 1982 in order to prevent Argentinean Air Force fighters from using the airfield. The success of the raids was an essential part of Britain's ultimate victory in the South Atlantic.
