I hear that it went a bit quiet on his aircraft for a while, but being the professionals they were Martin just said ‘it looks like we’ve got a job of work to do’ and they proceeded southwards to complete their mission.”

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Ward, Sharkey (2000). Sea Harrier over the Falklands. London: Cassell and Co. ISBN 0-304-35542-9. OCLC 606040010. There is no evidence that Mirage IIIs were withdrawn from southern Argentina to protect Buenos Aires. On 29 April, Argentine radars at Puerto San Julián detected a suspected British air strike and aircraft from there were moved to Comodoro Rivadavia, but they still remained in southern Argentina. [78] I joined the RAF in February 1990 and after 6 marvellous weeks at RAF Swinderby we were to pass out, we were told originally that we were getting a 617Sqdn Tornado but on the morning of the parade we were told it was to be a Vulcan from the RAF VDS. It was fantastic normally the fly by passes 2000ft above the parade from south to North but the Vulcan came Nirth to south from behind the camp CO and VIPs, she also came in low and and screamed past with that Vulcan howl making the parents jump and shout in fri... read more » read more » Conflicto de Malvinas" (in Spanish). Fuerza Aérea Argentina. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Esta misión se concretó a las 05:33 hs, sobre la BAM Malvinas, sobrevolándola con rumbo N-NE y lanzando diecisiete bombas con retardo de hasta dos horas, que impactaron a 45º de la cabecera 08, pero sin afectar la pista, aunque hiriendo levemente a dos soldados del Ejército Argentino This mission was completed at 05:33 am, over the Malvinas BAM, flying over it heading N-NE and dropping seventeen bombs with a delay of up to two hours, which hit 45º from the 08 header, but without affecting the runway, although wounding slightly to two soldiers of the Argentine Army

The raging sky was too much to contend with though. The bouncing around of the tankers caused XH699’s refuelling probe to shear off under the strain. The Victor, flown by Flight Lieutenant Steve Biglands, could take no more fuel. XL189 and XH699 swapped places for the final refuel.