Operation Black Buck

Significance

Operation Black Buck comprised seven long-range bombing raids by RAF Vulcan bombers targeting Port Stanley Airport and its associated defences during the Falklands War. Five of the seven missions completed their attacks. The operations were conducted at almost 6,600 nautical miles round-trip with flights lasting approximately 16 hours, making them the longest-ranged bombing raids in history at that time. The campaign demonstrated the RAF's capacity to project strike power at extreme range in support of British efforts to retake the Falkland Islands from Argentine forces.