The Avro Vulcan was the worlds first delta winged heavy bomber. the first prototype flew on the 30th August 1952 and the first production Vulcan flew in February 1955.

The first Avro Vulcan's arrived for service with the Royal Air Force with 230 operational Conversion Unit at RAF Finningley in May 1956. with the first squadron to receive the Vulcan in July 1957 was 83 squadron.

In April 1968 Bomber Command merged into the Newly created Strike Command with eight Squadrons being equipped with Vulcan's. A terrain Hugging variant was introduced (the Vulcan SR2) in 1973, to all squadrons except no. 27 squadron (Flying Elephants) which was a Maritime reconnaissance squadron.