The Buccaneer was shaped by one brutal requirement: survive high speed low level attack work that would punish the airframe on almost every mission. Blackburn answered with an aircraft built around ...
In 1977, the Blackburn Buccaneer, an aircraft built from a block of steel, took the USAF by surprise at the Red Flag exercises in Nevada. Flying at speeds up to 580 knots and just 20 feet above the ...