Predators and Prey
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It is now 1982 and Argentina has invaded the Falkland Islands. While a Navy Task Force is scrambled to retake the islands. A major concern was the Argentinian Air Force which was flying modern mirage fighters and were a great threat to the fleet. So an ambitious plan was created, the plan was to get one of the (close to retirement) Vulcan bombers over port Stanley and destroy the runway at the airport. This was a tall order for the 30+year old bombers made harder by the requirements of the mission.
The bomber had to be-
- reliable (not many of them)
-fitted with the rare 301 Rolls Royce Olympus engine
- Have the strengthened wing struts that were put in place for the (cancelled) Skybolt program.
Other problems included-
- A lack of familiarity with Air to Air refueling
- A lack of Air to Air refueling equipment in the Vulcan (the system had been inhibited 20 years earlier)
- A lack of conventional bombing equipment (the Vulcan was primarily a nuclear bomber)
- A lack of conventional bombing practice
Despite all this after just two weeks the crews were ready for the mission. A mission which required the most complex refueling plan the Victor Tanker crews had ever had to come up with. The mission launched on the 30th of April with 12 Victor K2 Tankers (11 mains and a spare) and Two Vulcans (1 main and a spare) true to form the main one (XM597) had to turn back with a faulty cabin window so the reserve Bomber (XM607) became the main bomber. Somehow they made it to the island (with a higher than expected fuel burn potentially risking their own aircraft and the last Victor tanker), and using bombing equipment that dated from the 50's dropped a stick of 21 1000lb bombs. The first one hit the runway about ⅔ of the way along, blasting a 60 ft crater in it, disabling it for the rest of the conflict.
All the crews managed to get back to the base on Ascension Island safely.
It was the longest bombing mission ever undertaken by the RAF.
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It is now 1982 and Argentina has invaded the Falkland Islands. While a Navy Task Force is scrambled to retake the islands. A major concern was the Argentinian Air Force which was flying modern mirage fighters and were a great threat to the fleet. So an ambitious plan was created, the plan was to get one of the (close to retirement) Vulcan bombers over port Stanley and destroy the runway at the airport. This was a tall order for the 30+year old bombers made harder by the requirements of the mission.
The bomber had to be-
- reliable (not many of them)
-fitted with the rare 301 Rolls Royce Olympus engine
- Have the strengthened wing struts that were put in place for the (cancelled) Skybolt program.
Other problems included-
- A lack of familiarity with Air to Air refueling
- A lack of Air to Air refueling equipment in the Vulcan (the system had been inhibited 20 years earlier)
- A lack of conventional bombing equipment (the Vulcan was primarily a nuclear bomber)
- A lack of conventional bombing practice
Despite all this after just two weeks the crews were ready for the mission. A mission which required the most complex refueling plan the Victor Tanker crews had ever had to come up with. The mission launched on the 30th of April with 12 Victor K2 Tankers (11 mains and a spare) and Two Vulcans (1 main and a spare) true to form the main one (XM597) had to turn back with a faulty cabin window so the reserve Bomber (XM607) became the main bomber. Somehow they made it to the island (with a higher than expected fuel burn potentially risking their own aircraft and the last Victor tanker), and using bombing equipment that dated from the 50's dropped a stick of 21 1000lb bombs. The first one hit the runway about ⅔ of the way along, blasting a 60 ft crater in it, disabling it for the rest of the conflict.
All the crews managed to get back to the base on Ascension Island safely.
It was the longest bombing mission ever undertaken by the RAF.
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1984!
New bands:
Albums:
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New bands:
- Annihilator
- Celtic Frost
- Helloween
- Mayhem
- Obituary
- Sepultura
Albums:
- Anthrax: Fistful Of Metal
- Bathory: Bathory
- Cirith Ungol: King Of The Dead
- Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers
- DIO: The Last In Line
- Iron Maiden: Powerslave
- Judas Priest: Defenders Of The Faith
- Metallica: Ride The Lightning
- Venom: At War With Satan
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