Entering service in 1956, the Avro Vulcan is a medium-range nucler capable bomber, carrying up to 21,000 pounds of bombs, concentional or nuclear. Also capable of carrying the Blue Steel nuclear stand-off missile and the Shrike Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM). To extend their service life, the Mk 2 versions incorporated special equipment for low level navigation and attack.Famously used for the Black Buck raids in the Falklands War of 1982, they required extensive air-to-air refueling support to fly from the Ascension Islands to and from the target. Targets included the airstrip and Argentine SAM radars.