Vulcan 607: a true military aviation classic - rowland white

THE THRILLING #1 BESTSELLING STORY OF ONE OF THE GREATEST COMBAT MISSIONS EVER FLOWN Shoulder to shoulder with Strategic Air Command B-52s throughout the Cold War, the big delta-winged Vulcans of the Britains V-bomber force faced down the Soviet threat to the West.

In 1982 they were just months from retirement when they flew in anger for the first time.

It was a to be a record-breaking mission of breathtaking audacity: a single bomber launched from a remote island airbase to carry out what would be the longest-range air attack in history.

An eight thousand mile round trip.

Her crew of six would be flying into a hornets nest of modern weaponry: radar-guided anti-aircraft guns and missiles.

There would be no second chances.

Vulcan 607 tells the gripping true story of that legendary raid for the first time - an operation that many thought would turn out to be a real life Mission Impossible.

A masterwork of narrative history Clive Cussler Vulcan 607 deserves to become an aviation classic Len Deighton Whites gripping narrative reads like a suspense thriller, yet every word is true Stephen Coonts I read the book in one sitting .

an utterly compelling war story, brilliantly written Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman.