The SAS raid on the airfield at Pebble Island - 14th May 1982 The long narrow shape of Pebble Island lies east to west across the western approaches to Falkland Sound. On 23 April, an Argentine aircraft landed on the airstrip there near the settlement which was home to the 25-strong farming community, supposedly to deliver the mail. One of the occupants of the aircraft surveyed the strip, walking some length along the main runway. A few hours later a UH-1 helicopter landed on the strip, depositi