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* [[Vickers Vanguard]], a British short/medium-range turboprop airliner (first flown 1959) |
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* [[P-66 Vanguard]], U.S. fighter plane built from 1939 to 1943 |
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==Other uses== |
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* [[Vanguard (microkernel)]], developed at Apple Computer |
* [[Vanguard (microkernel)]], developed at Apple Computer |
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* [[Vanguard (racehorse)]], 1843 Grand National winner |
* [[Vanguard (racehorse)]], 1843 Grand National winner |
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A vanguard is the forward element of an advancing military tactical formation. Vanguard may also refer to:
Ships
- HMS Vanguard, any of several British Royal Navy ships
- Vanguard class submarine, the British Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines
- USNS Vanguard (T-AGM-19), US Navy vessel commissioned in 1944, originally USNS Mission San Fernando
- Ocean Vanguard, a British freighter sunk in 1942 by the German submarine Unterseeboot 515 (U-515)
- Vanguard class ship of the line, a class of warship deployed during the 19th century by the British Royal Navy
Planes
- Vickers Vanguard, a British short/medium-range turboprop airliner (first flown 1959)
- P-66 Vanguard, U.S. fighter plane built from 1939 to 1943
Space
- Project Vanguard, a U.S. satellite launch project begun in 1957
- Vanguard rocket, launch vehicle used in Project Vanguard
- Vanguard TV3, first satellite launch attempt in 1957
- Vanguard 1, artificial satellite launched in 1958
- Vanguard 2, artificial satellite launched in 1959
- Vanguard 3, artificial satellite launched in 1959
Politics
- Vanguard party, a political party at the forefront of a mass action, movement, or revolution, usually Marxist
- Vanguardism, a strategy whereby an organization attempts to place itself at the center of a revolutionary movement
- Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, a unionist political party in Northern Ireland during the 1970s
- National Vanguard, one of several white nationalist or neo-fascist organizations and publications
- Vanguard Group (anarchist), an American anarchist group in the 1930s
Business
- Vanguard Airlines, an airline based in Kansas City from 1994 to 2002
- Vanguard Animation, a computer-animated movie studio
- The Vanguard Group, a U.S. investment management company founded in 1975
- Vanguard Sailboats, a Wisconsin builder of racing and recreational sailboats
- Vanguard Health Systems, a U.S. operator of hospitals and other medical facilities
- Vanguard Cellular, a U.S. cellular phone company founded in 1984
Education
- Vanguard School, a private boarding high school in Lake Wales, Florida, U.S.
- The Vanguard School, a public high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
- Vanguard High School, a public school in Ocala, Florida, U.S.
- Vanguard College, a Christian college in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Vanguard University of Southern California, a Christian liberal arts university in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.
- Vanguard College Preparatory School, a private high school in Waco, Texas, U.S.
Publishing
- Vanguard Press, a publishing label now owned by Random House
- Daily Vanguard, the student newspaper at Portland State University
- Vanguard Journal, published by the anarchist Vanguard Group (see Politics)
- The Vanguard (1922-28), a publication of the emigré Communist Party of India, founded and edited by M. N. Roy
- The Vanguard (January-March 1853), a short-lived socialist paper published by George Julian Harney
- The Vanguard, student newspaper at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Massachusetts
- The Viking Vanguard, student newspaper at Puyallup High School in Puyallup, Washington
- Star Trek: Vanguard, a series of novels about a space station called Vanguard
- Vanguard, student newspaper of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama
- The Vanguard, student weekly of Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts
- Workers Vanguard, a newspaper published by the U.S. wing of International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)
- Vanguard, official press organ of Hardline (subculture), a radical deep ecology movement
Comics and anime
- Vanguard (comics), a mutant Russian character in the Marvel Comics universe
- Vanguard (Image Comics), an alien superhero in Megaton and Savage Dragon
- A Vanguard is a high-tech humanoid robot in the anime Vandread
Games and toys
- Vanguard (arcade game), a 1981 shooter game with 1984 sequel, Vanguard II
- Vanguard Bandits, a 2000 Japanese tactical role-playing game for PlayStation
- Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, a 2007 online role-playing game created by Sigil Games Online and Sony Online Entertainment
- Medal of Honor: Vanguard, a first person shooter game created by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2 and Wii
- Vanguard is an organization in the computer game The Longest Journey
- Vanguard is the droid partner of the Transformers toy, Sideswipe
- Vanguard is a variant of Magic: The Gathering which uses character cards to alter the rules of play
- Vanguard is the name of a tank in Tanarus, a free online game made by Sony in 1997
Music
- Vanguard (synthesizer), a software synthesizer developed by reFX
- Vanguard Records, an independent record label founded in 1950
- The Vanguards, a 1960s Norwegian rock band
- Village Vanguard, a jazz club in New York City, founded in 1935
- MTV Video Vanguard Award, an award started in 1984 and given intermittently to musicians, music video directors and filmmakers
Other uses
- Standard Vanguard, a car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1947 to 1963
- Vanguard (microkernel), developed at Apple Computer
- Vanguard (racehorse), 1843 Grand National winner
- Vanguard 15, one-design racing dinghy made by Vanguard Sailboats
- Vanguard Award, presented annually at the GLAAD Media Awards
- Vanguard, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Toyota Vanguard, a Japanese compact crossover sport utility vehicle
- Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, based in Santa Clara, California
- U.P. Vanguard Fraternity, a college fraternity of the University of the Philippines
- A delivery van driver's mate
See also
- Avant-garde
- Daniel Vangarde, French songwriter and producer