No. 3 Group RAF of the Royal Air Force was an RAF group first active in 1918, again between 1923 and 1926, then as part of RAF Bomber Command from 1936 to 1967, and recently part of RAF Strike Command
No. 3 Group badge
The PGM-17A Thor was the first operative ballistic missile of the United States Air Force. It was named after the Norse god of thunder. It was deployed in the United Kingdom with the Royal Air Force b
A Thor intermediate range ballistic missile.
Thor-Able at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum, Florida
Thor 101 on a launch pad, January 1957
Missile 151, nicknamed "Tune Up", on 16 December 1958, just prior to its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The successful test was conducted a year after the base was activated.