Vanguard (disambiguation)

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The vanguard is the leading part of an advancing military formation.

Vanguard may also refer to:

Military

China

Chengdu J-10 "Vanguard", a 4.5-generation Chinese fighter plane
QW-1 Vanguard, an advanced Chinese surface-to-air missile

United Kingdom

Vanguard-class ship of the line, a class of warship deployed during the 19th century by the Royal Navy
Vanguard-class submarine, the Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines
HMS Vanguard, several British Royal Navy ships

United States

Vultee P-66 Vanguard, an American fighter plane built from 1939 to 1943
Vanguard, nickname of the army 297th Military Intelligence Battalion
Vanguard, nickname of navy helicopter squadron HM-14
Vanguards, nickname of the air force 76th Fighter Squadron
Vanguards, an early nickname of the defunct Navy squadron VX-4

Other countries

Operation Vanguard, Ghana
Vanguards, nickname of No. 110 Helicopter Unit, IAF, India
Vanguard-class multirole warship, a proposed Norwegian class
Quân Tiên Phong, (Vanguard) nickname of the 308th Infantry Division, Vietnam

Businesses and brands

Vanguard Airlines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1994 to 2002
Vanguard Automotive Group, an American car rental company
Vanguard Cellular, an American cellular phone company that was acquired by AT&T in 1999
Vanguard Dutch Marine, a Netherlands-based yacht manufacturing company
Vanguard Health Systems, an American operator of hospitals and other medical facilities
Vanguard Industries, an American manufacturer of military badges
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation, an IC foundry in Taiwan founded in 1994
Vanguard Managed Solutions, an American company (2001–2007) of which part is now Vanguard Networks
Vanguard Sailboats, an American builder of racing and recreational sailboats
The Vanguard Group, an American investment management company founded in 1975
China Resources Vanguard, one of the largest supermarket chain companies in Hong Kong
Vanguard, a 1970s American running shoe made by Brooks Sports
Vanguard, a former American cigarette made by Brown & Williamson
Vanguard, a 1960s Eversharp fountain pen made in England
Vanguard, a line of Swiss watches made by Franck Muller
Vanguard, a former cigarette made by John Player & Sons
Vanguard, a line of Swiss watches made by Roamer
Vanguard, a mid-twentieth century American lighter made by Ronson
Vanguard, a 1960s Italian-made Waterman fountain pen
Vanguard, an American line of sporting rifles made by Weatherby
Vanguard Knife, a hunting knife made by the American company Buck Knives
Vanguard 888, a mid-twentieth century American radio made by Emerson

Education

Canada

Vanguard College, a private Christian college in Edmonton, Alberta
Vanguard School (Quebec), a private high school in Montreal, Quebec

New Zealand

Vanguard Military School, a charter school in Auckland

United States

Vanguard College Preparatory School, a private high school in Waco, Texas
Vanguard High School, a public high school in Ocala, Florida
Vanguard School (Illinois), a public high school in Arlington Heights, Illinois
Vanguard University of Southern California, a private Christian university in Costa Mesa, California
The Vanguard School (Colorado), a public K-12 charter school in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Vanguard School (Florida), a private boarding high school in Lake Wales, Florida
The Vanguard School (Pennsylvania), a private school in Malvern, Pennsylvania
Vanguard School of Coconut Grove, a private day school in Coconut Grove, Florida
Carnegie Vanguard High School, a public magnet high school in Houston, Texas

Arts, entertainment and media

Film and television

Vanguard Animation, an American production studio
Vanguard Films, a defunct American film production company
Vanguard Films, a defunct Philippine film production company
Vanguard (film), a 2020 Chinese action film
News Vanguard, an Indian TV channel
Vanguard (TV series), a journalistic reporting series on Current TV

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
Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, A World Class corps and six time DCI world champion based in Santa Clara, California
Vanguard -of the muses-, an album by Japanese band Exist Trace
"Vanguard", a single by Violet Chachki from her 2015 EP Gagged

Publications

Vanguard (journal), published by the anarchist Vanguard Group
Vanguard (Nigeria) (Daily Vanguard), a daily newspaper based in Lagos, Nigeria
Vanguard, a defunct Canadian magazine
Vanguard Press, a publishing label now owned by Random House
Portland State Vanguard (formerly Daily Vanguard), the student newspaper at Portland State University
Vanguard, student newspaper of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama
The Vanguard, the student weekly of Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts
The Vanguard (Bentley University), a student newspaper at Bentley University
The Vanguard (Buckingham Browne & Nichols), a student newspaper at Buckingham Browne & Nichols
Vanguard, official press organ of hardline, a radical deep ecology movement
The Vanguard (1922–28), a publication of the émigré Communist Party of India, founded and edited by Manabendra Nath Roy
The Vanguard (January–March 1853), a short-lived socialist paper published by George Julian Harney

Comics and anime

Vanguard (Image Comics), a superhero from Megaton Comics and Image Comics
Vanguard (Marvel Comics), a name shared by a mutant Russian character as well as a fictional team of characters
Vanguard, a high-tech humanoid robot in the anime Vandread
Cardfight!! Vanguard an anime series, based on the trading card game

Games and toys

Vanguard (video game), a 1981 shooter game, with the 1984 sequel Vanguard II
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, a 2007 MMORPG 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
Cardfight!! Vanguard a trading card game
Vanguard, an organization in the computer game The Longest Journey
Vanguard, a faction in the video game, Destiny
Vanguard, the droid partner of the Transformers toy Sideswipe
Vanguard, a variant of the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering
Vanguard, the main battle tank used by the New Conglomerate in PlanetSide and PlanetSide 2
Vanguard, a character class in the video game, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3
Vanguard, a UN-funded military organisation in the City of Heroes universe
Vanguard, a group of characters in the video game Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Vanguard, a demon (opponent) in the game, Demon's Souls
Vanguard, a character class in the video game, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Vanguard, the highest rank in Spiral Knights
Vanguards, a line of die-cast model cars made by Lledo, now owned by British company Corgi
Call of Duty: Vanguard, a 2021 installment of the Call of Duty franchise
Vanguard, an in-development first-person shooter game developed by CCP Games

Other arts, entertainment and media

Vanguard Radio Network, a Philippine radio network
Star Trek: Vanguard, a series of novels about a space station called Vanguard
The Vanguard, a painting which was the basis of the design of Western Cattle in Storm, an American stamp
The Vanguard (comic), a boys' story paper published in the 1920s by D. C. Thomson & Co.

Organizations

Vanguard (organization), a defunct American LGBT rights organization
Vanguard Public Foundation, a defunct American social justice foundation
U.P. Vanguard, alumni association of the University of the Philippines ROTC

Politics

Vanguard, a former name of the Russian Unity party of Ukraine
Vanguard Group (anarchist), an American anarchist group in the 1930s
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, a unionist political party in Northern Ireland during the 1970s
Vanguard Organization, a secret unit of the Arab Socialist Union (Egypt) during the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat

Sports

LGU Vanguards, a defunct Philippine basketball team in the UNTV Cup league
Vanguard (American racehorse)
Vanguard (steeplechaser), winner of the 1835 Grand National
Vanguard Volley Hitters, a Philippine volleyball team of the Spikers' Turf volleyball league

Science and technology

Project Vanguard, an American satellite launch project begun in 1957
- Vanguard (rocket), a launch vehicle used in Project Vanguard
- Vanguard TV3, the first satellite launch attempt in 1957
- Vanguard 1, an artificial satellite launched in 1958
- Vanguard 2, an artificial satellite launched in 1959
- Vanguard 3, an artificial satellite launched in 1959
Vanguard (microkernel), a discontinued experimental microkernel developed at Apple Computer

Transportation

Aviation

Vickers Vanguard, a British short/medium-range turboprop airliner (first flown 1959)
Vickers Type 170 Vanguard, a 1920s British airliner
Briggs & Stratton Vanguard Big Block V-Twin, a series of piston engines, adapted to propel ultralights

Automobiles

Standard Vanguard, a car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1947 to 1963
Toyota Vanguard, a Japanese compact crossover sport utility vehicle

Ships and boats

BOKA Vanguard, the largest heavy lift ship ever built
ST Vanguard, a 250 GRT tugboat formerly the Empire ship named Empire Pine
USNS Mission San Fernando (T-AO-122), renamed USNS Vanguard in 1965 for role as tracking vessel
Vanguard 15, one-design racing dinghy made by Vanguard Sailboats