In 1982, during the Falklands War, the RAF launched one of the most audacious missions in military history — Operation Black Buck. Flying from Ascension Island to the Falklands — nearly 8,000 miles — Vulcan bombers carried out a precision strike on Argentina’s airfield at Port Stanley. It was a mission so dangerous and complex, even the Americans thought it was impossible. This is the true story of the flight that proved Britain still had reach — and courage — in the Cold War’s final years. #Bri
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