But the bold Argentine A-4 Skyhawks’ efforts were all for naught: Argentina surrendered to the British the following day.
Over the Falkland Islands in May 1982 - an aerial duel was unfolding. The British pilots needed to protect their carrier, her escorts and their landing force from marauding Argentine strike aircra ...
Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has marked the anniversary of his nation’s failed 1982 attempt to forcibly ...
Throughout the 1982 conflict, Argentine Air Force and Navy launched many airstrikes against British forces recovering the Falklands ... one day before the War ended, Skyhawks of the 5th Fighter ...
The Ministry of Defence has refreshed crisis contingency plans which will mean thousands of key civil servants in London, ...
The Falklands War of 1982 remains a defining event in the ... could compromise local British air superiority over the Falklands. Amphibious vessels could potentially land a force capable of ...
Forty-eight crew were killed when the Sir Galahad, an unarmed and undefended supply ship carrying British troops to the Falklands, was hit by the Argentine air force ... end of the war while ...
I am, after all, in the Falklands. War is a common theme ... burned-out helicopters mar the landscape, and the Royal Air Force still has an active airfield on East Falkland.