Look what I saw flying today!

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Originally Posted by Frantishek

Ah, thats right. The Victor's where used to refuel the Vulcan's, who took off from UK.

The Vulcans and Victors first flew from RAF stations in the UK (Marham and Waddington I think) to Ascension Island's Wideawake Airfield, midway between Brazil and Congo in the Mid Atlantic.
The 'Black Buck' missions were launched from there.
It took eleven Victor Tankers to get one Vulcan from Ascension Island to the Falklands.
In the first mission, only one 500kg bomb hit the runway, but it was enough to prevent it being used by Argentina's fast jets.
That's a lot of fuel and aircraft to get one bomb on a runway!
Thankfully, the US helped in providing the UK with fuel and other logistics.
The book 'Vulcan 607' by Rowland White, published by Corgi, is excellent.