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Category: Military Mixed Media Photography Posted: August 4, 2012 Mixed Media: Some

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Avro Vulcan B Mk.2 XH558 began her life in 1960 at BAe's Woodford factory.Throughout the years when Vulcans flew in frontline service with their sister V-Bombers, the Handley Page Victor and the Vickers Valiant, XH558 was just one of many, and towards the end of her career in active service, she underwent tanker conversion. The Vulcan force, never used in anger throughout the Cold War years, was reprieved from its original retirement date by the outbreak of the Falklands conflict of the early 80s. During this campaign, several Vulcans undertook the longest bombing raids in history to disable Port Stanley airfield, remaining aloft for sixteen hours and taking on 50,000 gallons of fuel during each mission. The Vulcan force was eventually retired in 1984, but Vulcan XL426 was retained by the RAF for display purposes. In 1987, converted back to her original configuration, XH558, as the youngest Vulcan in terms of elapsed airframe hours, took over from XL426 as the RAF Vulcan Display Flight's air display showstopper, becoming the only remaining airworthy example of the Avro Vulcan anywhere in the world. In that year, it was becoming very evident that the MoD would not maintain a Vulcan in airworthy condition indefinitely purely for air displays, so the Vulcan Association was set up by enthusiasts Peter and Maura Quicke. Their aim was to provide a publicity interface between the Air Force and the airshow-going public, with a view to persuading the MoD to retain XH558 for air display purposes for as long as possible.

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