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From: cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold)
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Subject: Re: Vulcans in Falklands
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Date: 3 Apr 91 02:12:46 GMT
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From: cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold)

> From: pd@sics.se (Per Danielsson)
>>Black Buck 6 - 2 June 1982. Target Argentine radar installations on
>>East Falklands. Launched 2 Shrikes.  Diverted to Rio de Janeiro when
>>refueling probe broke off.

Black Buck 6 landed in Rio with about 5 minutes of fuel remaining.
En route, the crew dumped all classified materials (SOP - weighted
bag, probably) and attempted to jettison the remaining Shrikes.
One hung up on the hard point, so they landed with it.  Brazil kept
the Shrike, but let the crew and the Vulcan go (to Ascension) after
about a week.  Brazil and Argentina were not getting along at the
time, so maybe they made copies of the Shrike.