Falklands40: The Black Buck Raids
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The R a F and the Black Buck Mission
The r a f set out their stool, out what they can do and how they can contribute to this campaign that takes place on the thirtieth of april. They want to limit the argentines ability to bringing reinforcements, but also, more importantly, bringing food, replacement ammunition. That's how tey gong to wear them down. The main artery by which that is coming in and being dispersed across the island defences is throu stand the airfield. This will allow us to begin to exert our dominance at a local level. But it would be over ten thousand kilometers away from their nearest friendly base ascension. And so there are a few problems with trying to get off
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