Editing Avro Vulcan (section)

===Aerial refuelling role{{anchor|Vulcan K.2}}===
After the end of the Falklands War in 1982, the Vulcan B.2 was due to be withdrawn from RAF service that year.<ref name="polmar261">Polmar and Bell 2004, p. 261.</ref> The Falklands campaign, however, had consumed much of the airframe fatigue life of the RAF's Victor tankers. While [[Vickers VC10]] tanker conversions had been ordered in 1979<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%201186.html?tracked=1 "Defence."] ''Flight International'', 14 April 1979, p. 1136.</ref> and [[Lockheed TriStar (RAF)|Lockheed TriStar]] tankers would be ordered after the conflict,<ref name="Frawley Military">Frawley 2002, p. 44.</ref> as a stopgap measure six Vulcans were converted into single-point tankers. The Vulcan tanker conversion was accomplished by removing the jammers from the ECM bay in the tail of the aircraft and replacing them with a single hose drum unit.<ref name="braybrook 17" /> An additional cylindrical bomb-bay tank was fitted, giving a fuel capacity of almost {{convert|100000|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref name="braybrook 17" /><ref name="VulcanAdventure244">Halpenny 2006, p. 244.</ref>

The go-ahead for converting the six aircraft was given on 4 May 1982.<ref name=VulcanAdventure243 >Halpenny 2006, p. 243.</ref> Just 50 days after being ordered, the first Vulcan tanker, ''XH561'', was delivered to [[RAF Waddington]].<ref name = 'braybrook 17'/><ref name="VulcanAdventure243"/> The Vulcan K.2s were operated by No. 50 Squadron, along with three Vulcan B.2s, in support of UK air defence activities until it was disbanded in March 1984.<ref>Darling 2007, p. 124.</ref>