Valaint B1 XD818

Christmas Island in 1957. This Valiant dropped the first British thermonuclear bomb.

u/ParadoxTrick — 4 days ago

Avro Vulcans and 707's

Two Avro Vulcans and four Avro 707s flying in formation on the way to the SBAC Farnborough Air Show, September 1953. Credit to BAE Systems.

u/ParadoxTrick — 11 days ago

Valiant WZ366

On 11th October 1956, the Anti-flash white-painted WZ366 became the first to drop an operational atomic bomb on a test site in Australia. Earlier that year, it conducted conventional bombing missions over Egypt during the Suez crisis.

u/ParadoxTrick — 12 days ago