Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Avro Vulcan bombers stand lined up at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire in 1960 - Getty It’s ironic that the finest hour of Britain’s ...

-Though nearing retirement, the Vulcan's most famous combat missions were the "Black Buck" raids during the 1982 Falklands War. -In an incredible feat of long-range power projection, a single Vulcan, ...