Originally Posted by
chevvron
France's only nuclear capable bomber until the Mirage IV and could be mistaken for the Yakovlev 28 of the same era.
I believe production was funded by the US D of D and when they were withdrawn, some were flown to Sculthorpe for 'disposal' (or was that the Mystere IV of the same era?)
There were certainly elderly French Mhystere IVs at Sculthorpe in the 1970s (forget exactly when) and I understood they were US-funded and had to be scrapped, rather than sold on to a possibly less desirable third party. I don't recall any Vautours there though.