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Air-to-Air Refuelling Plan, Marham News, South Atlantic Special 1982
Library, In Storage, X008-4556
The refuelling plan on display is for Operation BLACK BUCK, which required 18 tanker sorties to fuel one Vulcan bomber on a 6,800-mile roundtrip to attack targets on the Falkland Islands. At the time, these were the longest bombing missions ever flown.
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- 55 Squadron (RAF)
- 57 Squadron (RAF) [3]
- 214 Squadron (RAF) [2]
- 1 Group (RAF) [1]
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- 100 Squadron (RAF) [1]
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- RAF Marham
- Ascension Island [4]
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- Falklands Conflict, 1982
- Cold War, 1946-1989 [3]
- Port Stanley airfield attacks, 1982 [3]
- Covid-19 pandemic, 2020-? [1]
- Gulf War, 1990-1991 [1]
- Indonesia Confrontation, 1962-1966 [1]
- Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee, 1977 [1]
- Silver Jubilee Review, 1977 [1]
- Terrorist attacks on the United States, 11 September 2001 [9/11]. [1]
- V-2 Attacks, 1944-1945 [1]