Hawker Siddeley Vulcan with its huge delta wing, 1952. The Vulcan's only combat missions took place towards the end of the type's service in 1982. During the Falklands War, the Vulcan was deployed against Argentinian forces which had occupied the Falkland Islands. The missions performed by the Vulcan became known as the Black Buck raids, each aircraft had to fly 3,889 mi (6,259 km) from Ascension Island to reach Stanley on the Falklands. Victor tankers conducted the necessary air-to-air refueling for the Vulcan to cover the distance involved; approximately 5,000,000 litres of fuel was used in each mission.