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Old 29th Oct 2005, 19:08
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I don't think any of the Argies based at Stanley airfield were in ny condition to be laughing at the Vulcan strikes. Every building on the site was shredded, although none of the bombs hit the runway. There was one near-miss crater.
The Argie Hercs were still flying in and out the night before the surrender. evacuating key personnel and some wounded.
It's true the Argies used maskirovka to fool US satellite surveillance. There were a number of dummy craters made from loose soil.
The prisoners we captured on the site were a bedraggled lot, frozen, hungry and fairly pi**ed off with their lot.
The Black Buck raids also provided a light show as we yomped across the island and helped raise our morale, even if they failed to put the airfield out of commission.
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