Editing Avro Vulcan (section)

==Operators==
[[File:XH558 Planform.JPG|thumb|The ''Vulcan to the Sky Trust's'' [[Avro Vulcan XH558]]]]
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* [[Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment]] aircraft used for trials and evaluation
* [[Royal Air Force]]
** [[No. 9 Squadron RAF|9 squadron]] (B.2 from 1962 to 1982)<ref name="Jefford27">Jefford 1998, p. 27.</ref>
** [[No. 12 Squadron RAF|12 squadron]] (B.2 from 1962 to 1967)<ref name="Jefford28">Jefford 1998, p. 28.</ref>
** [[No. 27 Squadron RAF|27 squadron]] (B.2 from 1961 to 1972 and the B.2 (MRR) from 1973 to 1982)<ref name="Jefford34">Jefford 1998, p. 34.</ref>
** [[No. 35 Squadron RAF|35 squadron]] (B.2 from 1962 to 1982)<ref name="Jefford37">Jefford 1998, p. 37.</ref>
** [[No. 44 Squadron RAF|44 squadron]] (B.1/B.1A from 1960 to 1967 and the B.2 from 1966 to 1982)<ref name="Jefford39">Jefford 1998, p. 39.</ref>
** [[No. 50 Squadron RAF|50 squadron]] (B.1/B.1A from 1961 to 1966, the B.2 from 1966 to 1984 and the K.2 from 1982 to 1984)<ref name="Jefford41">Jefford 1998, p. 41.</ref>
** [[No. 83 Squadron RAF|83 squadron]] (the first Vulcan squadron operated the B.1/B.1A from 1957 to 1960 and the B.2 from 1960 to 1969)<ref name="Jefford50">Jefford 1998, p. 50.</ref>
** [[No. 101 Squadron RAF|101 squadron]] (B.1/B1A from 1957 to 1967 and the B.2 from 1967 to 1982)<ref name="Jefford54">Jefford 1998, p. 54.</ref>
** [[No. 617 Squadron RAF|617 squadron]] (OB.1/B1A from 1958 to 1961 and the B.2 from 1961 to 1981)<ref name="Jefford101">Jefford 1998, p. 101.</ref>
** [[No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF|230 OCU]]<ref>Lake 1999</ref> from 1956 to 1981. The first unit to operate the Vulcan, it provided conversion and operational training for Vulcan aircrew
** Bomber Command Development Unit
* [[Vulcan To The Sky Trust]] (G-VLCN, formerly XH558, flying until 2015) based at [[Doncaster Sheffield Airport]]) until June 2023<ref name ='VulcRet'>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/7049694.stm "The Vulcan Bomber returns to the sky."] ''BBC News'', 18 October 2007.</ref>
* Aircraft were also operated at various times under the direction of the Ministry of Supply/Aviation for trials and evaluation by Avro, Bristol Siddeley Engines, Rolls-Royce and the [[Autoland#BLEU and the origins of Autoland|Blind Landing Experimental Unit]] (BLEU)

===Bases===
* [[RAF Akrotiri]] in Cyprus: two B.2 squadrons from 1969 to 1975
** 9 Squadron 1969–1975, moved from Cottesmore in 1969 it returned to the UK in 1975 to Waddington.<ref name="Jefford271">Jefford 2001, p. 27.</ref>
** 35 Squadron 1969–1975, moved from Cottesmore in 1969 it returned to the UK in 1975 to Scampton.<ref name="Jefford37" />
* [[RAF Coningsby]]: three squadrons from 1962 to 1964
** 9 Squadron 1962–1964, formed in 1962 to operate the B.2 it moved to Cottesmore in 1964.<ref name="Jefford27" />
** 12 Squadron 1962–1964, formed in 1962 to operate the B.2 it moved to Cottesmore in 1964.<ref name="Jefford28" />
** 35 Squadron 1962–1964, formed in 1962 to operate the B.2 it moved to Cottesmore in 1964.<ref name="Jefford37" />
[[File:Avro Vulcans at RAF Cottesmore 1975.jpg|thumb|Avro Vulcans of No 617 Squadron at RAF Cottesmore circa 1975]]
* [[RAF Cottesmore]]: three squadrons from 1964 to 1969
** 9 Squadron 1964–1969, moved in from Coningsby in 1964, it moved to Akrotiri in 1969.<ref name="Jefford27" />
** 12 Squadron 1964–1967, moved in from Coningsby in 1964 until it disbanded in 1967.<ref name="Jefford27" />
** 35 Squadron 1964–1969, moved in from Coningsby in 1964, it moved to Akrotiri 1969.<ref name="Jefford37" />
* [[RAF Finningley]]
** 101 Squadron 1957–1961, formed in 1957 to be the second operational B.1 squadron, moved to Waddington in 1961.<ref name="Jefford54" />
** 230 OCU 1961–1969, moved from Waddington in 1961, moved to Scampton in 1969.
* [[RAF Scampton]]: four squadrons at different times between 1961 and 1982
** 27 Squadron 1961–1972, formed in 1961 to operate the B.2 until it disbanded in 1972. Reformed in 1973 to operate the B.2 (MRR) variant until 1982.<ref name="Jefford34" />
** 35 Squadron 1975–1982, moved from Akrotiri in 1975 and operated the B.2 until it disbanded in March 1982.
** 83 Squadron 1960–1969, a former B.1/B.1A squadron at Waddington, reformed in 1960 to operate the B.2 until disbanded in 1969.<ref name="Jefford50" />
** 617 Squadron 1958–1981, formed in 1958 to operate the B.1, reformed to operate the B.2 in 1961 until disbanded in 1981.<ref name="Jefford101" />
** 230 OCU 1969–1981, moved from Finningley in 1969 until disbanded in 1981.
* [[RAF Waddington]]: a number of squadrons at different times between 1957 and 1984, it was the first and last operational Vulcan base
** 9 Squadron 1975–1982, moved in from Akrotiri in 1975 until it was disbanded in 1982.<ref name="Jefford27" />
** 44 Squadron 1960–1982, formed in 1960 to operate the B.1/B.1A, it converted to the B.2 in 1966 and disbanded in 1982.<ref name="Jefford39" />
** 50 Squadron 1961–1984, formed in 1961 to operate the B.1/B.1A, it converted to the B.2 in 1966, from 1982 it also flew the tanker version until disbanding in 1984.<ref name="Jefford41" />
** 83 Squadron 1957–1960, formed in 1957 to be the first operational squadron to operate the B.1 until 1960, it reformed at Scampton later in the year as a B.2 unit.<ref name="Jefford50" />
** 101 Squadron 1961–1982, moved from Finningley in 1961 with the B.1/B.1A, converted to B.2 in 1967 and disbanded in 1982.<ref name="Jefford54" />
** 230 OCU 1956–1961, formed in 1956 to train Vulcan crews it moved to Finningley in 1961. A final move to RAF Scampton was made in 1970.

===V-Bomber dispersal airfields===
{{Further|List of V Bomber dispersal bases}}

In the event of [[transition to war]], the V Bomber squadrons were to deploy four aircraft at short notice to each of 26 pre-prepared dispersal airfields around the United Kingdom. In the early 1960s the RAF ordered 20 [[Beagle Basset]] communication aircraft to move the crews to dispersal airfields; the importance of these aircraft was only brief, diminishing when the primary nuclear deterrent switched to the Royal Navy's [[Polaris (UK nuclear programme)]].<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1968/1968%20-%202635.html "Treasury and the Basset".] ''Flight International'', 14 November 1968, p. 805.</ref>