Operation Black Buck

When

1982

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

51.73° S, 59.22° W

Description

1982 series of extremely long-range ground attack missions during the Falklands War

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Series of British long-range airstrikes during the Falklands War

Operations Black Buck 1 to Black Buck 7 were seven extremely long-range airstrikes conducted during the 1982 Falklands War by Royal Air Force (RAF) Vulcan bombers of the RAF Waddington Wing, comprising aircraft from Nos. 44, 50 and 101 Squadrons, against Argentine positions in the Falkland Islands. Five of the missions completed attacks.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Falklands War: Operation Black Buck – A Royal Air Force Vulcan bomber takes off from Ascension Island and bombs Port Stanley Airport”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la Royal Air Force bombarde l’aéroport de Port Stanley, la capitale des Malouines ; début d’une série de bombardements sur les Malouines (opération Black Buck)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page