Nimrod - T-shirt Colour:Black Roles included photo-reconnaissance

Roles included photo-reconnaissance

known as the Vigorous Dragon

however its role as an interceptor was made redundant with the introduction of the English Electric Lightning

The Delta Dart is part of the Century Series of jets designated the F-106

Nimrod - T-shirt Colour:Black Roles included photo-reconnaissanceHawker Siddeley Nimrod The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod entered service with Royal Air Force in 1969 and was retired in 2011. This maritime patrol aircraft was a development of the de Havilland Comet. It replaced the Avro Shackleton in the anti submarine role and anti surface warfare. Later in its service life it took on the Airborne Early Warning role, eventually replaced by the Sentry.