Originally Posted by
ZH875
As far as I can remember, most Vulcans still had probes fitted at the time of the Falklands war, it was the 'Y' coupler from the refuelling probe, to the fuel pipes either side of the nose that were missing.
The Vulcan probes were robbed for the Hercules and Nimrod fleets.
In the book it say's they were robbed for the Vulcan as it had been so long since they were last used. Will have a look through the book later and post the details.