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2015年10月2日，英国空军二架“狂风”送别最后一架适航的“火神”轰炸机在“大不列颠精神”纪念飞行活动中飞越林肯郡，向轰炸机司令部的英雄们致敬。二战期间，轰炸机司令部对德国展开史无前例的大规模地毯式轰炸，有效削弱了德国的作战能力，同时自身也承受了巨大损失。1968年，随着形势的发展，轰炸机司令部被并入打击司令部。时至今日，英国空军已经没有专门的长程战略轰炸机，取而代之的是具有高速突防能力和多用途的“狂风”战斗轰炸机。（Veteran aircraft of past and present RAF combat missions paid tribute to the heroes of Bomber Command. Two Tornado GR and the Avro Vulcan 'The Spirit of Great Britain' fly over Lincolnshire in order to send off the Vulcan bomber before her retirement. Britain’s only flying Vulcan, which this year completes its final flying season, was the first B2 bomber delivered into RAF service on 1 July 1960 and at 55 years old is the last and oldest of its type anywhere in the world. Despite 24 years service in the RAF the Vulcan was only once used in anger – against Port Stanley in the Falklands in the famous ‘Operation Black Buck’ mission to deny the Argentines use of the airfield.）

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