Black Buck raids

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aerial bombing campaign military operation

The Black Buck raids were a series of long-range Vulcan bomber attacks carried out by the British Royal Air Force against Argentine positions in the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Black Buck raids canonical	4
Black Buck 1	2
Black Buck 2	2
Black Buck 3	2
Black Buck 4	2
Black Buck 5	2
Black Buck 6	2
Black Buck 7	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerial bombing campaign ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aircraftTypeRole	strategic bomber ⓘ
belligerent	Argentina ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
codename	Operation Black Buck ⓘ
commander	Martin Withers ⓘ
conflict	Falklands War ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1982 ⓘ
distance	approximately 6400 kilometres one way ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
isPartOf	British campaign to retake the Falkland Islands ⓘ
launchBase	RAF Ascension Island ⓘ
location	Falkland Islands ⓘ Port Stanley ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ
notableAs	one of the longest-range bombing missions in history at the time ⓘ
notableFeature	complex refuelling plan involving multiple tankers refuelling each other ⓘ
notableOperation	Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Buck 1 Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Buck 2 Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Buck 3 Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Buck 4 Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Buck 5 Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Buck 6 Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Buck 7
numberOfSorties	7 ⓘ
objective	demonstrate long-range strike capability ⓘ disable Port Stanley airfield ⓘ suppress Argentine air defences ⓘ
opponent	Argentina ⓘ
participant	Royal Air Force ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
result	continued use of runway for transport aircraft ⓘ runway at Port Stanley rendered unusable for fast jets ⓘ
startTime	1982-05-01 ⓘ
supportRole	aerial tanker support by Victor aircraft ⓘ
target	Argentine anti-aircraft defences ⓘ Argentine radar installations ⓘ Port Stanley runway ⓘ
theatre	South Atlantic ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
usedAircraft	Vulcan bomber ⓘ surface form: Avro Vulcan Handley Page Victor ⓘ
usedTactic	air-to-air refuelling ⓘ multiple in-flight refuelling brackets ⓘ
usedWeapon	AGM-45 Shrike ⓘ conventional bombs ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Falklands War → notableNavalEngagement → Black Buck raids ⓘ

Black Buck raids → notableOperation → Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Buck 1

Black Buck raids → notableOperation → Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Buck 2

Black Buck raids → notableOperation → Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Buck 3

Black Buck raids → notableOperation → Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Buck 4

Black Buck raids → notableOperation → Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Buck 5

Black Buck raids → notableOperation → Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Buck 6

Black Buck raids → notableOperation → Black Buck raids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Buck 7

Vulcan bomber → notableOperation → Black Buck raids ⓘ

subject surface form: Avro Vulcan

Operation Corporate → includesEvent → Black Buck raids ⓘ