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OTD in 1982, one of the RAF’s greatest missions of all time: a long range surprise attack to the Falklands

April 30, 2012 Richard Clements

Operation Black Buck. At 22.30LT, on Apr. 30, 1982, the first engine of some 13 Hadley Page Victor K2 Tanker aircraft spooled into life and announced the start of one of the RAF’s greatest missions […]