This is the gripping story of what was at the time the longest bombing run undertaken: a thirty year old aircraft, months away from retirement, and a target halfway round the world. What makes it all the more impressive is that this is non-fiction. During the Falklands War, Argentina invaded and occupied the Falklands Islands, including taking control of the airport. For any land attack to be successful, the airstrip had to be taken out. The RAF designed Operation Black Buck, a mission to fly an Avro Vulcan heavy bomber from Ascension Island all the way to the Falklands, bomb the runway, then return. No aircraft of the time could carry enough fuel so waves of ...  Read the complete review