Posted on 05/01/2012 5:26:36 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Always loved how the British basically “molded” the jet engines right into the wing designs. (Comet,etc.) Made them so sleek looking.
Right up until the time you have an engine fire...
The Argie airforce today is joke. They are actually far weaker today then anytime during the Falkland war. They hardly have any modern fighter. Even without the British navy ACs, the Brits have land based Typhoon Euro fighter station on Falkland this time to cut down the Argies to size. The Argies have absolutely nothing that can take on the Typhoons. Falkland war will be over in matter of hours.
However if Venezuela was to lend them their Su-30MKs that could change the game all together.
The stick of bombs that missed are from the second Black Buck mission (Black Buck 2). Black Buck 1s stick are located near the center of the runway. The first bomb of that string hit the runway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck
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