The Royal Air Force’s Handley Page Victor Bomber Was Retired from ‘Nuclear’ Service Due to ‘Airframe Cracks’ and ‘Structural Fatigue’

The Royal Air Force’s Handley Page Victor Bomber Was Retired from ‘Nuclear’ Service Due to ‘Airframe Cracks’ and ‘Structural Fatigue’

Handley Page built 86 Victors in total. The last was withdrawn in 1993, ending Britain's V-Force and thirty-five years of airborne nuclear and refuelling service. The survivors sit in museums, and none of them is in flying condition. The type that kept the Vulcan airborne over the Falklands cannot get off the ground.