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 ...
She was launched on 3 May 1977 and is the seventh ship to carry the name. She saw action in the Falklands war when she was deployed with HMS Hermes and took over as Flagship of the British Fleet ...
Throughout the 1982 conflict, Argentine Air Force and Navy launched many airstrikes against British forces recovering the Falklands. The most famous and successful strikes were against Royal Navy ...
Initially the approach was with the Chilean Air Force, whose commander in chief ... in which support for the Falklands war effort was requested, Matthei then reported to president General Augusto ...
On land, the Royal Artillery operate the Sky Sabre air defence system. The Falklands War was an undeclared war between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands ...
Former radio DJ Patrick Watts remained on air as Argentinian soldiers stormed the Falkland Islands Broadcasting Station on 2 ...
Whatever your opinion on the moral rights and wrongs of the Falklands War, it is inescapably one of the most significant historical events of the 1980s. When Argentinian dictator General Galtieri ...
A team of veterans have completed an expedition to commemorate fallen comrades of the Falklands War. Former Royal Marine Tom Rendell, from Bristol, has led 11 men as they follow different actions ...
War graves of Argentinian soldiers in the Falkland Islands. Picture: iStock/mtcurado. There they were, row upon row of them.
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin agreed to help Argentina during the 1982 Falklands War as revenge for Britain ... s military dictatorship with air-to-air missiles, fuel tanks for fighter ...