So the British air force devised an ambitious but complex plan for long-range bomber raids.
A daring planBritish troops surrender to Argentine forces in Port Stanley in April 1982.
Logistical issuesAn RAF Vulcan bomber at Wideawake airfield on Ascension Island.
The military airstrip at Port Stanley after a British air raid in May 1982.
AftermathRoyal Marines with the Falkland Islands flag in Port Stanley after the Argentine surrender in June 1982.
Persons:
—, Rafael WOLLMANN, Sir Michael Beetham, Beetham, Black Buck, Port Stanley, Victor, Martel, Buck, Vulcan, Eduardo Farre, Buck Six, Black Buck Seven, Steve Buckley, Japan's
Organizations:
Falklands, British, Service, British Royal Air Force, South Atlantic, Getty, RAF, Argentine, Port Stanley, Avro Vulcans, Handley, Avro Vulcan, Royal Air Force, Vulcans, Atlantic, US, Port, Ascension, Argentina's TPS, Vulcan, Harriers, TPS, REUTERS, Royal, Royal Navy
Locations:
Argentina, South, Falkland, Buenos Aires, British, Argentine, Port Stanley, Port, Ascension, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Iraq, Balkans, Afghanistan