United Kingdom (UK)
Preparing for war
In October 1952, Exercise ‘Ardent’ put the UK’s offensive and defensive capabilities to the test. Some of its results made for sobering reading
Liverpool Airport on the up
Liverpool Airport is working ‘Eight Days a Week’ to boost passenger numbers as Martyn Cartledge discovered.
World Beaters
In re-forming its High Speed Flight after World War Two, the RAF had but one aim: to break the outright world air speed record. In doing so, the service generated considerable prestige for itself, and for the Gloster Meteor that made the feat possible
Handley Page Victor artwork
Andy Hay artwork of an RAF Victor that played a key role in the Falklands campaign
The Victor's little-known nuclear sampling role
Tony Buttler sheds light on a little-known aspect of the Victor's service life - sampling fallout from nuclear tests
Life in the ‘V-Force’
The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Indonesian confrontation, ‘Western Rangers’ and new tactics — 1962-63 was quite a time to join No XV Squadron on the Victor B1A. In the first of two features this month on life in the ‘V-Force’, one of the RAF’s most experienced navigators recalls his first tour
Interview: Valiant pilot who dropped the UK's first H-bomb
Simon Vaughan recalls a memorable interview with Gp Capt Kenneth Hubbard, the man who dropped Britain’s first H-bomb
Victor crewmember recounts Falklands War action
Concluding his two-part look at his career as an Air Electronics Officer, Mike Beer talks about when he and the Victor saw action