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Operation Black Buck

Avro Vulcan XM607 at RAF Waddington in 2007
Avro Vulcan XM607 at RAF Waddington in 2007
  • ... that during Operation Black Buck Avro Vulcan bomber XM607 (pictured) flew for over 15 hours to drop 21 bombs on an airport in the Falkland Islands? Source: "Of the 21 bombs, one hit the runway at its mid point cratering the concrete... XM607 touched down at Ascension at the end of an astonishing 15 hours and 50 minutes in the air, which included 18 air-to-air refuelings." [1]

Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:14, 15 June 2018 (UTC).