Even now, at 60 years old, I clearly remember the day Vulcan XM645 exploded and crashed in Żabbar ... I saw this huge Vulcan bomber flying at a low altitude, heading toward RAF Luqa to land.

The Avro Vulcan was Britain’s answer to Cold War tensions—a futuristic delta-wing bomber built to deliver nuclear payloads at high altitude and speed. Engineered to bypass Soviet air defenses, it ...