British air services in the Falklands War information
This is a list of the units, aircraft and casualties of the British air services in the Falklands War. The numbers in bold are the number of aircraft used in the war, the numbers in brackets are the number of lost aircraft. For a list of air forces from Argentina, see Argentine air forces in the Falklands War.
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other services. For a description of air forces of the United Kingdom, see BritishairservicesintheFalklandsWar. Despite initiating thewar, Argentina...
the surrender of the Argentine forces intheFalklands on 14 June. Tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed Falkland Islands (Malvinas)...
as British Forces Falkland Islands (BFFI), which includes commitments from theBritish Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. They are headed by the Commander...
TheFalklandsWar (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent...
The aftermath of the 1982 FalklandsWar between the United Kingdom and Argentina affected world geopolitics, the local political culture in Argentina...
are some of the key weapons of theFalklandsWar used by both sides. Two Argentine Naval Aviation Dassault Super Étendard strike fighters, the primary platform...
The Special AirService (SAS) is a special forces unit of theBritish Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling, and in 1950 it was...
The cultural impact of theFalklandsWar spanned several media in both Britain and Argentina. A number of films and television productions emerged from...
floatplanes in 1950. By 1951, theservice began to be referred to as the "Falklands Islands Government AirService" or FIGAS. Duties included air ambulance...
conflict during the Cold War, at least inthe context of British defence policy, was theFalklandsWar (1982). Since the end of the Cold War, an increasingly...
The last stage of theFalklandsWar was the surrender of the Argentine Governor at Port Stanley. At 21:00 on 14 June 1982, the commander of the Argentine...
the following year. The station was constructed as part of British efforts to strengthen the defence of theFalkland Islands following theFalklands War...
considerably larger than the 1982 Operation Corporate intheFalklandsWar, which saw around 30,000 personnel deployed and the Korean War, which saw fewer than...
precipitating the FalklandsWar. Falkland Islanders overwhelmingly prefer to remain British. Following theBritish victory intheFalklandsWar, they were granted...
leading to the 1982 FalklandsWar (Guerra de las Malvinas in Spanish) between the United Kingdom and Argentina over possession of theFalkland Islands and...
to provide air defence for Royal Navy task groups centred around the aircraft carriers. The Sea Harrier served intheFalklandsWar and the Balkans conflicts;...
comprises East Falkland, West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. As a British overseas territory, theFalklands have internal self-governance, but the United...
The raid on Pebble Island was a raid by British Special Forces on Pebble Island's airfield during theFalklandsWar, and took place on the night of 14–15...
being built on East Falkland and South Georgia Island, but these industries ended. By theFalklandsWar of 1982 sheep farming was the islands' only industry...
place inthe 18th century. Nonetheless, theFalkland Islands have been a matter of controversy, as they have been claimed by the French, British, Spaniards...
from the United Kingdom, see British ground forces intheFalklandsWar. Amphibious Task Group 40.1 - Rear Admiral of the Marines Carlos Büsser Amphibious...