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SFAL Airport - SFAL after the first Vulcan 'Black Buck' raid. Two Argentinian Officers pose in a bomb crater. The terminal is in the rear. The lorry pictured is parked on what is now the airport car park, with the yellow doors the main terminal entrance.

SFAL after the first Vulcan 'Black Buck' raid. Two Argentinian Officers pose in a bomb crater. The terminal is in the rear. The lorry pictured is parked on what is now the airport car park, with the yellow doors the main terminal entrance.

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SFAL Airport
Photographer: Clive Pattle
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Shot Date: 1982-05-15
Upload Date: 2014-10-28
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  • SFAL Airport - A view down the main runway at Port Stanley facing west. I have marked with red crosses the site of two Bomb repair areas on the runway, remnants of the Vulcan Black Buck attacks in May 1982 - by Clive Pattle by Clive Pattle
  • SFAL Airport - A long view of the town of Port Stanley taken from the airfield (SFAL). Such is the clarity of the air in the South Atlantic that it is difficult to judge distance. For example the mountains in the background are at least 12km away. - by Clive Pattle by Clive Pattle
  • SFAL Airport - Within the ATC Tower at Port Stanley is a visible reminder of this airfield's history. A metal stair bannister shows where it was struck by a cannon shell, fired by an RAF BAe Harrier GR.3 or RN Sea Harrier FRS.1 in a strafing attack during the war in '82 - by Clive Pattle by Clive Pattle
  • SFAL Airport - A close-up of one of the newer Bremach made Fire and Rescue Tenders at Port Stanley airfield (SFAL). - by Clive Pattle by Clive Pattle
  • SFAL Airport - Lookg westwards down the runway at Port Stanley SFAL, with the airport terminal buildings on the left and the prominent mountains in the background, most of which featured heavily in the final battles in 1982. - by Clive Pattle by Clive Pattle