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  V bomber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term V bomber was used for the Royal Air Force aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s that comprised the UK's strategic nuclear strike force.
The RAF Bomber Command ended World War II with a policy of using heavy four-piston-engined bombers for massed raids, and remained committed to this policy in the immediate postwar period, adopting the Avro Lincoln, an updated version of the WW2 Lancaster, as their standard bomber.
After considering various specifications for such an advanced jet bomber in late 1946, in January 1947 the Air Ministry issued an request for an advanced jet bomber that would be at least the equal of anything the US or the USSR had.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/V_bomber   (588 words)

  
 Bomber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Strategic bombers are primarily designed for long-range strike missions against strategic targets such as supply bases, bridges, factories, and shipyards.
Perhaps the one meaningful distinction at present is the question of range: a bomber is generally a long-range aircraft capable of striking targets deep within enemy territory, whereas fighter bombers and attack aircraft are limited to 'theater' missions in and around the immediate area of battlefield combat.
The development of large strategic bombers stagnated in the later part of the Cold War both because of spiraling costs and the advent of the intercontinental ballistic missile, which was felt to have equal deterrent value while being much more difficult to intercept.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bomber   (779 words)

  
 V bomber - TheBestLinks.com - Aircraft, Bomber, Blue Streak missile, Blue Steel missile, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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In any case, massed bombers were unnecessary if a single bomber could destroy an entire city or military installation with a nuclear weapon.
The request also indicated that the fully loaded weight not exceed 45,350 kg(100,000 pounds), though this would be adjusted upward in practice; that the bomber have a cruise speed of 925 km/h (500 knots); and that it have a service ceiling of 15,240 m (50,000 feet).
www.thebestlinks.com /V_bomber.html   (673 words)

  
 bomberland :: Matches :: VFL :: 2004 :: Round 4 2004 Report
The Bendigo Bank Bombers have recorded their highest winning margin in the VFL by defeating the Springvale Scorpions by 77 points in an historic night match at the QEO in Bendigo on Friday night.
Bomber pair of Moorcroft and Cupido continued their physical class with Scorpion Barry Parson’s, but were to good as Moorcroft showed glimpses of class and Cupido slotted another goal.
Next week the Bombers travel to Hobart where they will be play a Tasmanian side full of surprises, but with two wins from three games the Bombers have a very good chance to leave with the all important premiership points.
www.essendonfc.com.au /bendigo/report2004.asp?round_no=4   (1081 words)

  
 Ukraine: Bomber Decommissioning/Transfer Developments
Bombers will be scrapped at Mykolayiv and Poltava air bases, their engines in Bila Tserkva and Khmelnytskyy, and the cruise missiles in Ozernyy (Zhytomyr Oblast).
The decision to dismantle the bombers may have been influenced by US reminders that aid for bomber dismantlement would be halted if the bombers were transferred.[2] For more information on US foreign assistance to Ukraine, see the 8/7/2000 entry in the CTR Developments in Ukraine section.
The transfer of the strategic bombers from Ukraine to Russia is part of a gas debt settlement.[3] While Ukraine had originally wanted $75 million for each bomber, the final agreement values each bomber at $25 million and the missiles at $10 million, for a total reduction of Ukraine's gas debt by $285 million.
www.nti.org /db/nisprofs/ukraine/weapons/hvybomr.htm   (3676 words)

  
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It was decided that the bombers would break away first, with some heavy fighters for cover and defense from any incoming help, then the carriers would land near the holes that they had punched with their big bombs and insert the battle-armored troops.
The bombers all simultaneously dropped the bombs from their belly racks.
The skies darkened somewhat as the air filled with the hulking ships and the flurry of bombs, and soon filled with dust and dirt from the resounding explosions of the bombs all hitting their marks.
www.jihad.net /phoenix/veng4.txt   (839 words)

  
 Royal Air Force - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
From May 31 1942 RAF Bomber Command was able to mount large scale night raids involving up to 1000 aircraft, many of which were the new heavy four-engined bombers.
In 1968 the RAF experienced its largest change in administrative structure since 1936 when Fighter Command, Bomber Command and Coastal Command were combined into the new Strike Command which exists today.
The end of the RAF presence in the east of Asia came in 1971 when the Far East Air Force was disbanded on October 31.
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /r/ro/royal_air_force.html   (1261 words)

  
 The Handley-Page Victor
Incidentally, the Germans had designed a similar crescent wing for an improved version of the Arado Ar-234 jet bomber, but it does not appear that Lee saw any of the plans for it during his visit to Germany.
In 1982 Argentina seized the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, and as part of the operation to retake them, the RAF was to conduct raids with Avro Vulcan bombers.
The company also came up with an unbuilt design for a low-level bomber, with short wings, but it had little in common with the Victor except for the cockpit.
www.vectorsite.net /avvictor.html   (3268 words)

  
 bomberland :: Matches :: VFL :: 2004 :: Round 10 2004 Report
The bombers won most centre clearances, as Ben Haynes and Andrew Lovett were unstoppable in delivering the ball into the Bomber forward line.
Patches of un-selfish football was the key as the Bombers gelled as a team and continued to prevent Sandringham from posing a threat in their forward 50m.
Next week the Bombers tackle Williamstown at the QEO in Bendigo on Sunday afternoon, in what will be a must win game for the Bendigo Bombers, if finals are on the agenda.
www.essendonfc.com.au /bendigo/report2004.asp?round_no=10   (893 words)

  
 Sportal.com.au - AFL Football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Bombers ran amok last week, thumping the Blues by 99 points for their eighth win of the season.
The youthful Bombers blitzed the Blues last week but whether they can back up that effort with a solid showing against stronger opposition remains to be seen.
The Bombers impressed last week but beating a wooden-spooner and a top-eight contender is a different kettle of fish.
sportal.com.au /football.asp?i=preview&id=1884   (352 words)

  
 Vickers Valiant: First of the V bombers
This is another book from the excellent Aerofax series and concentrates on the first of Britain's 'V bombers'; the Vickers Valiant.
This and other V aircraft were initially developed and designed in the very late 1940s, but thanks to what became a standard for long and drawn out development for aircraft, the type did not enter into service until 1955.
Though in service for a shorter period of time than the other V bombers, (some of which served through the first Gulf War of 1991, the Valiant led the way in many areas.
modelingmadness.com /scotts/books/valiant.htm   (319 words)

  
 examiner.com.au : Bombers after success   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
BOMBER VETERANS: Current Northern Bombers who tasted success in the Bombers' Statewide winning sides in 1995 and 1998, from left: Jason French, captain Kim Curtis and Dayle O'Neil, with Paul McKendrick at training last night.
After three grand final losses in the past four years, Northern Bombers forward Jason French is ready for the sweet taste of premiership success once again.
French, captain Kim Curtis and defender Dayle O'Neil are the only three players left from the Bombers teams that won the Statewide titles in 1995 and 1998.
www.examiner.com.au /print.asp?id=195829   (467 words)

  
 Little Bombers Returns | Alawar Entertainment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Little Bombers Returns is a game about adventures of little brave bombers, trapped in the dungeons of a mysterious castle.
A way from the castle is very dangerous: to find exit from each level, your bombers will fight against evil creatures and eliminate brick walls that block their way.
Every bomber has many little timer-bombs in his bottomless pockets, which he may install on a monster's way or to remove a brick out of the wall.
www.alawar.com /games/littlebombers   (359 words)

  
 Very recently US Government Declassified Information about the V1 german Flying Bomb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
When everything was ready and the bomber had reached its required altitude, the V-I was released.
When the operational height of the V-i was found to be between 2000 and 3,000 feet, the gunners were in a difficult position: the height was too low for the heavy guns and too high for the light guns.
The fighter pilots found that it was too dangerous to shoot down a V-i from too close behind and that the safe distance was not less than 200 yards.
www.fiddlersgreen.net /aircraft/WWII/v1/v1_info/vi_info.htm   (5192 words)

  
 Bkue Steel
Present estimates are that medium range GW defences will make it excessively dangerous for the V bombers to fly over, or within about 50 miles of the target in 1960.
Blue Steel began to enter service with the V bombers in 1962, and 36 operational aircraft were fitted with Blue Steel.
The V bombers maintained the British deterrent until Polaris became available, and the last flight with Blue Steel was on 21st December 1969.
www.spaceuk.org /bsteel/bsteel.htm   (745 words)

  
 Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro - Moro militants to coordinate with Army v. bombers
THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is now coordinating with the military in Mindanao to locate the reported 10 Indonesian bombers allegedly in the country.
Major General Agustin Dema-ala, chief of the 6th Infantry Division based in Awang, Maguindanao said Omar Patik, an Indonesian bomber linked to the JI group, was found with the help of the MILF.
He said Patik was among those killed during a series of encounter between Abu Sayyaf terrorists and Philippine Army soldiers in Maguindanao in the recent weeks.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/cag/2005/08/21/news/moro.militants.to.coordinate.with.army.v..bombers.html   (343 words)

  
 Daschle v. Thune: Bombers
In a Friday debate defined by disagreement, South Dakota's U.S. Senate candidates took opposite positions on whether any support for the nation's B-2 stealth bomber fleet undermines Ellsworth Air Force Base, home to about 26 of the nation's 60 in-service B-1B Lancer bombers.
"The B-2 bomber and the B-1 bomber are both going to be critical to the United States' heavy bomber fleet for at least the next quarter century.
The B-1 will be "the backbone of the heavy bomber fleet for the foreseeable future," Thompson said, citing the numbers of aircraft in the two fleets and the B-1's success in recent wars.
daschlevthune.typepad.com /daschle_v_thune/2004/10/bombers.html   (273 words)

  
 All The Way With The MSJ!!!
Muscle head was a mercenary for the K-Town Bombers last year who repeatedly forearmed the Cap’n in the lumbar spine to the point of almost pissing blood.
The Bombers went on a 20 to 0 run to take a 56-22 lead before the Juggs went on a 6 to 4 run on three pointers by Coach Roskind and Cain which brought the final score to 60-28.
Jim was given the nickname “The Move” by onlookers for repeatedly scoring by faking the layup and spinning to the left for a short jumper in the lane.
www.steamrollingjuggernauts.com /_wsn/page2.html   (11361 words)

  
 CHAPTER VI: Soviets in the Air
Two-engined bomber production included the PK-2 (based on the French Potez) at two plants, and the IL-4 at three plants, of which only Komsomolsk (which Henry Wallace said was like the Boeing Seattle plant because it had all U.S. equipment) produced other aircraft.
Although in April 1944 General John R. Deane recommended U.S. approval of Russian requests for heavy bombers, the War Department refused on the grounds that the Soviets could not train a bombing force prior to the spring of 1945 and that certain special equipment for such bombers was in short supply.
How did the Soviets advance from an inability to produce modern bombers in 1940 to an ability to produce a workmanlike design requiring an extensive period of research and flight testing in 19477 Even if the finest designs were available, jigs and dies to put the plane into quantity production were also required.
www.reformed-theology.org /html/books/best_enemy/chapter_06.htm   (8910 words)

  
 Blues Shoot Down Bombers || OldDarkNavys.net - Unofficial Carlton Blues News and Views   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
On the Bomber forward line, Matthew Lloyd continued his annual foolishness against the Blues by throwing a powderpuff into the midriff of Bret Thornton.
Fortunately the Bomber run of six goals was interrupted by a late goal to Fevola and that psychological 20 point half time deficit was avoided.
Lowlights for the quarter were Prendergast's crude clothesline on Fletcher and Thornton being sucked in by Lloyd to raise the elbow costing the team 50 metres and a certain Bomber goal.
www.sportnetwork.net /main/s7/st23513.htm   (932 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Books: Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Strategic Bombers, 1935-1945 v. 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Itchronicles Nazi Germany's remarkable scientific achievements in the fieldof aviation, the emphasis of course being the bomber projects.
If you have "Luftwaffe Secret Projects-fighters," by Walter Schick and Ingolf Meyer, this complementary volume on Strategic bombers is a "must have." The book is well written and brings to light a number of previously unseen aircraft designs.
Two other notable omissions are the Sanger spaceplane and the manned A-9 rocket, which were both serious long range bomber proposals for use against North American targets.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1857800923   (678 words)

  
 Antelope Valley Bombers - National Women's Football Association - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The A.V. Bombers, a 2006 expansion team for the National Women’s Football Association (NWFA), is proud to announce its main sponsor, Ellison Homes.
The A.V. Bombers have been working hard since January 2004 building a women’s tackle football team in the Antelope Valley.
I think what Michael Ellison is doing in California City is great, and I hope that the A.V. Bombers and the NWFA can broaden the exposure of both Ellison Homes and Ellison Plaza,” said Kelli Harris, owner and player for the A.V. Bombers.
www.womensfootballcentral.com /AVBombers   (332 words)

  
 Virginia Baseball Tournaments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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Virginia Baseball Tournaments is proud to announce a new and exciting affiliation for the 2006 tournament season with Continental Amateur Baseball Association, commonly referred to as CABA.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Books: V-bombers: Valiant, Vulcan and Victor (Crowood Aviation S.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Of the Valiant, Vulcan and Victor, the Victors were the last to be used as tanker aircraft for in-flight refuelling.
There have been several books written on the V bombers and quite a number particularly on the Vulcan, but none that give this balanced picture of the three major types and the Short Sperrin.
Normally the Valiant is the poor relation, but on this occasion it is given its proper due and the author pays full respect to its early and pioneering role.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1861263856   (662 words)

  
 The Toledo Storm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The two losses in overtime for the Storm this season both came at the hands of the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (01/11, 4-5 @ ATC and 03/09, 4-5 @ Toledo).
Dmitri followed that act up with a five point performance on Sunday, scoring his first goal as a member of the Storm and adding four assists, including (for the second game in a row) the primary assist on the game winner in overtime.
On Saturday, Steve became the first goaltender in Storm history to beat the Trenton Titans, stopping 31 of the 33 shots that he faced in the overtime victory.
www.toledostorm.com /pr/pressrelease.asp?PR_ID=160   (3608 words)

  
 RAF 'V' Bombers, Valiant, Victor, Vulcan Limited Edition Signed Prints by aviation artist and ex RAF Jaguar pilot, ...
RAF 'V' Bombers, Valiant, Victor, Vulcan Limited Edition Signed Prints by aviation artist and ex RAF Jaguar pilot, Michael Rondot.
Crowds watched in awe as the majestic delta winged bomber created a deafening roar of smoke and noise, the sight and sound of its display an emotional and unforgettable experience for those who witnessed it.
Widely regarded as the best looking V Bomber and the nicest to fly, the Valiant equipped nine Squadrons during its brief career from 1955 to 1964,
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/andrewbrooks1/rondvs.htm   (863 words)

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