Handley Page Victor

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The Handley Page Victor was a British Cold War-era strategic bomber later adapted as an aerial refueling tanker, notable for its role supporting long-range missions such as the Falklands War Black Buck raids.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aerial refueling tanker ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
strategic bomber ⓘ
aircraftCategory jet-powered bomber ⓘ
jet-powered tanker ⓘ
aircraftFamily Victor B.1 ⓘ
Victor B.2 ⓘ
Victor K.1 ⓘ
Victor K.2 ⓘ
airForceOperator Royal Air Force ⓘ
contemporaneousWith Avro Vulcan ⓘ
linked to: Vulcan bomber

Vickers Valiant ⓘ
convertedFrom bomber to tanker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
designedDuring Cold War ⓘ
designedFor high-altitude bombing ⓘ
nuclear weapons delivery ⓘ
engineType turbofan ⓘ
turbojet ⓘ
enteredRAFServiceAsBomber late 1950s ⓘ
enteredRAFServiceAsTanker 1960s ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1952-12-24 ⓘ
introducedIntoService 1958 ⓘ
laterRole air-to-air refueling ⓘ
conventional bombing ⓘ
manufacturer Handley Page Limited ⓘ
maxSpeed approximately Mach 0.94 ⓘ
natoReportingName Victor ⓘ
notableFeature crescent-shaped wing ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
partOf V-bomber force ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
retiredFromBomberRole late 1960s ⓘ
retiredFromTankerRole 1993 ⓘ
role aerial refueling tanker ⓘ
strategic bomber ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 55000 ft ⓘ
successorRoleTakenOverBy Lockheed Tristar tanker ⓘ
linked to: RAF Tristar

Vickers VC10 tanker ⓘ
linked to: RAF VC10
supportedDuringConflict Gulf War (1991) ⓘ
linked to: Gulf War

Operation Granby ⓘ
supportedOperation Black Buck raids ⓘ
tailConfiguration T-tail ⓘ
usedFor long-range strike missions ⓘ
maritime reconnaissance (limited) ⓘ
usedInConflict Cold War ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
wingConfiguration swept wing ⓘ

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Referenced by (36)

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Black Buck raids → usedAircraft → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Avro Vulcan → contemporaries → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
subject linked to: Vulcan bomber
RAF Honington → basedAircraftType → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Operation Corporate → notableAircraft → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
RAF Strike Command → equipment → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Handley Page Limited → product → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Handley Page Limited → hasMajorWork → Handley Page Victor V-bomber ⓘ
linked to: Handley Page Victor
No. 101 Squadron RAF → operatedAircraft → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Conway → usedOnAircraft → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Conway engine
RAF Marham → homeToAircraftType → Handley Page Victor (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Handley Page Victor
Operation Black Buck → uses → Handley Page Victor tanker ⓘ
linked to: Handley Page Victor
Vickers Valiant → contemporaneousWith → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
subject linked to: Vickers Valiant bomber
Vickers Valiant → successorInRole → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
subject linked to: Vickers Valiant bomber
Rolls-Royce Olympus → usedInAircraft → Handley Page Victor (testbed) ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
linked to: Handley Page Victor
Bristol Siddeley → developedForAircraft → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Handley Page (Radlett) Airfield → associatedWith → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire → usedIn → Handley Page Victor (early prototypes) ⓘ
linked to: Handley Page Victor
No. 214 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
RAF Wittering → historicallyOperatedAircraft → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
No. 70 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
subject linked to: 70 Sqn
Victor K.2 → basedOn → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Victor K.2 → developedFrom → Handley Page Victor B.2 ⓘ
linked to: Handley Page Victor
Victor K.2 → aircraftFamily → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
V-bomber force → composedOf → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Victor B.1 → aircraftFamily → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Victor B.2 → partOf → Handley Page Victor family ⓘ
linked to: Handley Page Victor
Victor B.2 → developedFrom → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Victor K.1 → basedOn → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Victor K.1 → convertedFrom → Handley Page Victor strategic bomber ⓘ
linked to: Handley Page Victor
Victor K.1 → originatesFromAircraftFamily → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire → usedInAircraft → Handley Page Victor (early prototypes) ⓘ
linked to: Handley Page Victor
Blue Danube → deliveryPlatform → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
subject linked to: Blue Danube bomb
Yellow Sun → designedForPlatform → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
subject linked to: Yellow Sun bomb
V-bomber → comprises → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
RAF V-bomber force → hasAircraft → Handley Page Victor ⓘ
RAF V-bomber force → supportedBy → Handley Page Victor tankers ⓘ
linked to: Handley Page Victor