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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.
3 Harrier GR.3 RAF (shot down by shoulder-fired missile in Port Howard on 21 May, hit by anti-aircraft fire on 27 May over Goose Green and hit by ground fire near Port Stanley on 30 May) [13] 1 Scout AH.1 Royal Marines (shot down by Pucara at Goose Green on 28 May) [13] Flying accidents in the war zone
One Vulcan, XH558 (G-VLCN) Spirit of Great Britain, was used as a display aircraft by the RAF as part of the Vulcan Display Flight until 1993. After being grounded, it was later restored to flight by the Vulcan To The Sky Trust and displayed as a civilian aircraft from 2008 until 2015, before being retired a second time for engineering reasons.
Taken in 1982, at RAF Waddington stood in front of the Avro Vulcan just before it left for the Falklands war. The members of the General Engineering Firm, and the flight crew. The Vulcan went on to bomb Port Stanley during the war. Later in the 1980s my Dad went to help rebuild Port Stanley.
Operation Folklore was a plan to deploy two Canberra PR.9 aircraft of No. 39 Squadron RAF, disguised in Chilean Air Force markings, to the Chilean air base at Punta Arenas, with the intention of undertaking high-level photo-reconnaissance flights over the Falklands; [101] however the Canberras had reached Belize when the operation was abandoned ...
Royal Air Force Transport Command: Metropolitan Communication Squadron RAF at RAF Hendon: Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3: XZ997: Falklands Exhibition Boeing CH-47 Chinook HC.6A: ZA718: BN: Bravo November Falklands Exhibition Comper CLA.7 Swift: G-ACGL: de Havilland Chipmunk T.10: WP912: used by the Duke of Edinburgh for flight training Aberdeen ...
It proved capable of engaging low-flying aircraft. Sea Cat [97] Sea Slug - Long range, high altitude anti-aircraft missile system of the 1950s, was not used against aircraft but for bombardment of positions near Port Stanley by the Royal Navy ships equipped with it. Land-based surface-to-air missiles
Remains of a helicopter shot down in South Georgia Island during Falklands War. (Photo taken 1999) The aftermath of the 1982 Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina affected world geopolitics, the local political culture in Argentina and the UK, military thought, medical treatment, and the lives of those who were directly involved in the war.