A bomber is a military combat aircraft that utilizes air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles. Bombs... 21 KB (2,672 words) - 05:28, 4 May 2024 |
A strategic bomber is a medium- to long-range penetration bomber aircraft designed to drop large amounts of air-to-ground weaponry onto a distant target... 24 KB (2,934 words) - 22:51, 21 April 2024 |
The V Bomber Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. It was last assigned to Fifth Air Force, based at Irumagawa AB, Japan. It was inactivated... 12 KB (987 words) - 05:39, 30 August 2022 |
In its early years, the British V bomber force relied on the concept of aircraft dispersal to escape the effects of an enemy attack on their main bases... 10 KB (463 words) - 22:36, 16 December 2023 |
Avro Vulcan (redirect from Vulcan bomber) high-altitude, strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe and Company (Avro)... 121 KB (15,581 words) - 16:29, 24 April 2024 |
Vickers Valiant (category V bombers) high-altitude jet bomber designed to carry nuclear weapons, and in the 1950s and 1960s was part of the Royal Air Force's "V bomber" strategic deterrent... 69 KB (9,088 words) - 08:19, 14 February 2024 |
Handley Page Victor (redirect from Victor bomber) British jet-powered strategic bomber developed and produced by Handley Page during the Cold War. It was the third and final V bomber to be operated by the Royal... 75 KB (9,409 words) - 00:40, 29 January 2024 |
RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central... 62 KB (6,971 words) - 15:34, 29 March 2024 |
Tengah Air Base (section V bomber detachment) period, the RAF also deployed a V bomber force detachment to Tengah in the form of Handley Page Victor B.1A bombers from 15 Squadron in August 1963,... 20 KB (1,912 words) - 11:42, 2 April 2024 |
IV Bomber Command IV Fighter Command V Bomber Command V Fighter Command VI Bomber Command VII Bomber Command VIII Air Support Command VIII Bomber Command... 2 KB (207 words) - 08:48, 8 November 2023 |
reference to the Operational Requirement it was built to fill. The RAF V bomber force was initially meant to use Blue Danube as their primary armament... 8 KB (979 words) - 10:58, 23 April 2024 |
would be of crescent form, similar to the British Handley Page Victor V-bomber, but unlike the British design, it was tailless. Power would be derived... 4 KB (375 words) - 08:17, 18 April 2024 |
carried by Royal Air Force (RAF) English Electric Canberra medium bombers and the V bomber force and by Supermarine Scimitars, de Havilland Sea Vixens, and... 12 KB (1,451 words) - 11:55, 27 March 2024 |
RAF Gaydon (section V-bomber use) for its role during the Cold War, when it was under the control of RAF Bomber Command as it was the first Royal Air Force (RAF) station to receive the... 13 KB (1,285 words) - 17:30, 30 August 2023 |
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (redirect from Stealth Bomber) Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed... 118 KB (12,060 words) - 07:05, 21 April 2024 |
A bombardier or bomb aimer is the crew member of a bomber aircraft responsible for the targeting of aerial bombs. "Bomb aimer" was the preferred term in... 3 KB (413 words) - 19:15, 25 January 2024 |
Project E (section Tactical bombers) a request that the US supply nuclear weapons for the strategic bombers of the V bomber fleet until sufficient British weapons became available. This became... 39 KB (5,357 words) - 13:06, 4 February 2024 |
proposed civilian airliner version of the British Avro Vulcan strategic bomber. It was a response to a 1952 UK Ministry of Supply requirement for a new... 5 KB (433 words) - 10:58, 8 December 2022 |
fighter-bomber is a fighter aircraft that has been modified, or used primarily, as a light bomber or attack aircraft. It differs from bomber and attack... 35 KB (5,183 words) - 03:27, 27 March 2024 |
The 2037 bomber was a short-lived 1999 United States Air Force proposal to modernize and extend the service life of the U.S. bomber fleet and defer the... 12 KB (1,365 words) - 13:14, 7 June 2023 |
The Next-Generation Bomber (NGB; unofficially called the 2018 Bomber or B-3 Bomber) was a program to develop a new medium bomber for the United States... 25 KB (2,368 words) - 17:45, 27 January 2024 |
American stealth bomber of the United States Air Force Avro Vulcan B2, the Mark 2 version of a Royal Air Force V-Bomber aircraft Any Mark 2 bomber aircraft under... 5 KB (712 words) - 01:40, 18 December 2023 |