Buccaneer

The Blackburn Buccaneer was an attack aircraft that served with British forces (initially with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, and later with the Royal Air Force) from 1962 to 1993.

During the Gulf War, Buccaneers were rushed to the region to provide a laser-designation capability, and also dropped a small number of laser-guided munitions themselves.

Blackburn Buccaneer

Here is a summary of the Blackburn Buccaneer's technical specifications:

Crew	2
Wingspan	44 feet (13.4 metres)
Length	63 feet 5 inches (19.3 metres)
Height	16 feet 3 inches (5.0 metres)
Wing Area	515 ft² (48 m²)
Maximum Take-off Weight	62,000 lb (28,000 kg)
Maximum Speed	645 mph (1,040 km/h)
Range	2,300 miles (2,000 nautical miles, 3,700 kilometres)
Service Ceiling	40,000 feet (12,200 metres)

World War II

Operation Barbarossa
1941 German Invasion of Russia

Operation Citadel
1943 The Battle of Kursk

Operation Dragoon
1944 Invasion of southern France

Operation Varsity
1945 Crossing the Rhine

Invasions That Never Were

Operation Sealion
1940 German invasion of England

Operation Olympic
1945 US invasion of southern Japan

Operation Coronet
1946 US invasion of northern Japan

Special Forces

Operation Entebbe
1976 Entebbe Airport Rescue

Operation Nimrod
1980 Iranian Embassy Siege

British Cold War Operations

Operation Musketeer
1956 Suez Crisis

Operation Corporate
1982 Falklands War

Operation Black Buck
1982 Vulcan raids on Port Stanley

Operation Granby
1990-91 Persian Gulf

British Post Cold War

Operation Herrick
2002- Afghanistan

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