Black Buck Buddies by Ivan Berryman. SIG534 A vehicle checkpoint set up

A vehicle checkpoint set up by the British army in co-operation with the RUC while operating in Northern Ireland

Scoring crucial runs off the bat

The LFG Roland D

Success was vital

Captain Ivan Smirnov by Ivan Berryman

Black Buck Buddies by Ivan Berryman. SIG534 A vehicle checkpoint set upDHM6355. Black Buck Buddies by Ivan Berryman. It is ironic that, just as the RAF were beginning to retire or re assign their ageing force of V bombers, the situation in the Falkland Islands called for a long distance bombing mission to disable the runway at Port Stanley which now threatened to become an operational fighter base for the Argentine Air Force. Flying a round trip of some 8,000 miles, it was necessary for Avro Vulcan XM607 to refuel