Operation Black Buck

1982 series of extremely long-range ground attack missions during the Falklands War

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• The Operations Room article^@

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1975-12-06T00:00:00Z

Balcombe Street Siege

0455-01-01T00:00:00Z

Battle of Aylesford

0894-01-01T00:00:00Z

Battle of Benfleet

1936-10-04T00:00:00Z

Battle of Cable Street

0776-01-01T00:00:00Z

Battle of Otford

0043-01-01T00:00:00Z

Battle of the Thames

1980-05-05T00:00:00Z

Iranian Embassy siege

1667-06-09T00:00:00Z

Raid on the Medway

1940-12-29T00:00:00Z

Second Great Fire of London

1911-01-03T00:00:00Z

Siege of Sidney Street

1460-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siege of the Tower of London

1940-09-07T00:00:00Z

The Blitz

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Frameless

AGM-45 Shrike on cart

Blackbuck.operation

Refuelling.plan.black.buck

Refuelling.plan.black.buck (Japanese)

SVG Refuelling Plan Black Buck 1

Vulcan bomber 18 May 1982

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		The Operations Room article@			Wikidata
conflict	1975	Balcombe Street Siege	United Kingdom, hostage taking, razzia		Wikidata
conflict	455	Battle of Aylesford	battle		Wikidata
conflict	894	Battle of Benfleet	battle		Wikidata
conflict	1936	Battle of Cable Street	United Kingdom, battle		Wikidata
conflict	776	Battle of Otford	battle		Wikidata
conflict	43	Battle of the Thames	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1980	Iranian Embassy siege	United Kingdom, siege, hostage taking		Wikidata
conflict	1667	Raid on the Medway	United Kingdom, military raid, naval battle		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Second Great Fire of London	United Kingdom, airstrike, city fire		Wikidata
conflict	1911	Siege of Sidney Street	United Kingdom, siege, police raid		Wikidata
conflict	1460	Siege of the Tower of London	siege, conflict		Wikidata
conflict	1940	The Blitz	United Kingdom, aerial bombing of a city		Wikidata
image	1988	AGM-45 Shrike on cart			Wikimedia
image	2009	Blackbuck.operation			Wikimedia
image	2010	Refuelling.plan.black.buck			Wikimedia
image	2011	Refuelling.plan.black.buck (Japanese)			Wikimedia
image	2016	SVG Refuelling Plan Black Buck 1			Wikimedia
image	1982	Vulcan bomber 18 May 1982			Wikimedia