B. Hermes and Invincible, originally built with traditional decks, were modified by the addition of a bulbous ramp at the bow. Argentina’s claim, centuries old but fanned by nationalism since the Juan Peron era, would be vindicated; half the world away, the British would do nothing. But positioning the carriers out of range would sacrifice air superiority. Two days later, two Sea Harriers on CAP were vectored to investigate a low, fast-moving echo. closed in, and shot one of them down with cannon fire The air war in the Falklands vindicated the UK decision to maintain at least the STOVL aircraft carriers after the retirement of HMS Ark Royal. Britain defended the islands and won the war. and rescue work Clearance Diving Team 1, HMS Ardent - For the Supers, the Falklands War was over. Swan Island - [a42,a43] Skyhawks (3.12pm) We returned with fuel reserves like...”—he makes a zero with a finger and thumb. The bad weather lifted, leaving both in bright sunshine. Antrim - bomb disposal target, they failed to explode. The two sides skirmished throughout the day until Barton scored with a Sidewinder that shattered everything aft of one Mirage’s cockpit. area to 35. This is a list of the units, aircraft and casualties of the British air services in the Falklands War. Art of Daniel Bechennec, on Argonaut (cannon Brazilian fighters rose to meet the Vulcan, urging McDougall toward the northern field. three No.801 aircraft "Ardent's" survivors (Courtesy - MOD, Navy). The other hit Sheffield amidships. Weather blinded the Argentines to the May 21 landing, enabling the British to get a beachhead well established. Now six Skyhawks swept in on Argonaut, putting two thousand-pound bombs into her hull. RAF Flight Lieutenant David Morgan hit two of them with Sidewinders, then pulled straight up to let his wingman, Lieutenant David Smith, take a shot, which destroyed a third Skyhawk. The group’s destination, some 4,000 miles away, was an exclusionary zone 400 miles in diameter, centered on the Falklands. right - HMS Ardent mortally A Skyhawk dropped two bombs, which skipped over a frigate and into the sea. First came six Daggers, unseen and hurrying in from the north. Landing allowance is about 400 pounds.” By comparison, he notes, the figure for the F-14 is about two and a half tons. The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas) was a 10-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.The result of the war … Now all of Argentina’s aircraft would have to fight from the mainland. Ardent (bombed “With no inertial nav, we had no dynamic means of aiming bombs,” Squire explains. Give a Gift, © 2021 Air & Space Magazine. Two Vulcans were fitted with the weapons in May, and the missions fell to Neil McDougall. 1. First Lieutenant Mariano Velasco put three bombs into Coventry, all exploding deep inside the hull. AT START OF DAY “The crew had a bit of a chat. BBC World Service would reveal that little secret, but not until late May. More British helicopters joined the fight, and soon the flaming sub beached itself. was brought down probably by a Sea Wolf from "Broadsword". Now crews unwrapped them and flew the GR.3s to Hermes, and the Sea Harriers to the 800 and 801 Squadrons on both carriers. THE FALKLANDS WAR saw British troops successfully reclaim the Islands in the South Atlantic after brutal fighting with Argentine forces. that day led to heavy losses on both sides with five of and Amphibious Ships, In Back at San Carlos, meanwhile, a Harrier landed hard. Terms of Use The fierce AA fire or hit by bombs or cannon fire, and only "Plymouth" and A jungle airstrip—too easy to disappear there.” McDougall’s crew feared that the Brazilians, to avoid a political mess, might arrange for the Vulcan to vanish. Moments later, the offending Dagger was nailed by Penfold and the other turned for home. “He could only have hit it with one,” given the spacing between bombs. “In the three minutes I had contact, flying with Guadagnini. The numbers in bold are the number of aircraft used in the war, the numbers in brackets are the number of lost aircraft. But the sky suddenly cleared, revealing a tableau of ships unloading troops and materiel, with helicopters fluttering over them like moths. “As we went on,” he says, “we began getting shorter and shorter on fuel. The British had lost Jeff Glover’s GR.3 and two helicopters to ground fire. Argentine garrison of Grytviken, South Georgia surrenders. "Brilliant" vectored two No.800 NAS Sea Harriers and one THE FALKLAND ISLANDS WAR: WINNING WITH INFANTRY OUTLINE Thesis Statement: In an age of electronic warfare, missiles, high performance aircraft, and nuclear submarines, the decisive battles of … 10. 5. Skyhawks of 3 Esc, all from Rio Grande, San Julian and They had practiced combat only against themselves, and the air force had never trained to fight at sea. “I remember this mission in particular,” says Carlos Rinke. For one thing, the RAF aircraft had gone down as replacements, with minimal ground crew. The Second Falklands War (French:Deuxième guerre des Malouines, Spanish: Segunda guerra de las Malvinas) was fought in 1985 between Canada and an Anglo-Argentine alliance over the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic.. Gallantry Awards included: HMS fire off entrance to San Carlos Water (10am) The first reaction Two Shrikes destroyed the battery and its crew. West ordered abandon One of the CANA Skyhawks was damaged by the return small “We walked around. I do not own the rights of the song.The Falklands war with british and argentine footage. The main raids took place Air Chief of Staff Sir Peter Squire, then commanding 1 (Fighter) Squadron at Wittering, says it was assumed that the Royal Navy would lose one Sea Harrier a day. Again picking the first target they saw, the Argentine pilots launched their missiles more than 20 miles out, then veered away, outrunning the Sea Harrier CAP. second [a43] and hit the already damaged third. and Broadsword by cannon fire off entrance to San After many years of dispute over the Falkland Islands between Argentina and Britain, on 02 April 82, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. April 25: Argentine submarine, Santa Fe disabled by Royal Navy helicopters, and abandoned at South Georgia. No one thought this was the beginning of a war. arms fire, and all three were caught by two No.800 Sea The group flew on for another 190 miles, putting the aircraft southeast of where they believed the carriers lay. Perhaps in that spirit, six more Skyhawks headed into battle. “Rio Grande, in Fireland [Tierra del Fuego]. As he approached Rio Gallegos, Rinke says, “We saw other planes were taking off. Main Events, ATTACKING Sea Harriers and GR.3s had boarded the ship a fortnight earlier at Ascension Island, landing on the narrow deck and parking in an improvised revetment of containers. The encounter brought Morgan’s tally to four, the most of any British pilot in the war. near Swan Island. Antrim damaged by UXB, Battles of the Falklands War. “We had fought the Sea Harrier against every airplane in the western world,” says Tim Gedge, then a lieutenant commander. the gunline, "Broadsword" was hit by cannon fire and undercarriage problems, the pilot of this one ejected Three Argentine Navy Skyhawks attacked the crippled Ardent, this time with vane-retarded Snake Eye 500-pounders, most of which struck the ship and exploded. Two Super Etendards, one armed and one unarmed, would stalk the fleet, accompanied by four air force A-4C Skyhawks. But his remaining fuel wouldn’t buy even a single go-around; he had to land. Cookie Policy The war started on the night of 1 April 1985 with the rapid Anglo-Argentine invasion and occupation of the Falklands. Most of the Argentine navy was already at sea, and on April 29, the aircraft carrier 25th de Mayo took up station north of the exclusionary zone, while the old World War II-era cruiser General Belgrano patrolled to the southwest. The Falklands War was a 10-week undeclared war between Argentinaball and UKball over control of the two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic Ocean; Falkland Islands and the South Georgia … Forty miles northwest of Hermes, the Super Etendards popped up and swept the ships with their radar, which the British immediately detected. Expecting trouble, Admiral John Woodward moved his battle group closer, barely 60 miles east of Port Stanley, to give the Sea Harriers more time on station, and put Broadsword and Coventry on guard north of Pebble Island. Broadsword We didn’t realize the carrier had sent two Harriers at that moment.”. He commanded 40 Commando Royal Marines and then, during the Falklands War, 3 Commando Brigade which made the initial Landings and saw much of the action in the battles that followed. By the end of the day, Argentina had lost five Skyhawks, five Daggers, and two Pucarás, nine of them to Sea Harriers. 14. Launched some 24 miles from the presumed target, the Exocet quickly left the jets behind. (damage sustained during day), Off Having abandoned air-to-air refueling a decade earlier, the RAF had to reacquire lost skills. His aircraft had just started taking on fuel when the tip of the Vulcan’s refueling probe broke off. HMS Endurance immediately brought 21 Royal Marines from East Falkland to eject the intruders, with harumphing all around. cannon fire causing slight damage and some casualties But British forces train with a rigor exemplified by high scores against superior aircraft in competitions. standing by is probably HMS Yarmouth which took off The aircraft was wrecked, and worse, the metal plates on a newly installed forward refueling base were twisted. The surviving Chinook—call sign Bravo November—carried troops and howitzers and tons of everything else in impossible wintry weather. Recommended for the viewer looking for an introduction to the issues that led to the war … Before noon, the small detachment of Royal Marines had surrendered, and the Argentine colors fluttered over Government House. Neither of the combatants was prepared for a winter war in the far south Atlantic, and the sudden, unexpected conflict, though brief, was both improvised and lethal: In just two months of hostilities, 891 men died, 132 aircraft were lost, and 11 ships were sunk. “Our lords and masters had designated an airfield in northern Brazil,” says McDougall. Argentine aircraft lost near Mount Kent - [a31] We reckoned we had about a 50 percent probability of returning to base.”. Sir Lawrence Freedman, official historian of the Falklands War, recounts what happened when the British task force reached the Falkland Islands. The missile drove well into the hull before exploding, igniting tons of fuel. Novelist and award-winning science writer Carl A. Posey was the author of seven published novels, a number of non-fiction books, and dozens of magazine articles. The 800 Squadron CAP spotted the A-4s and went after them; none survived. It sank later that day. Suddenly, the battle group was down to just 17 Sea Harriers. Listing badly and afire, the frigate was abandoned. But en route to … Hardcover, September 1994 Call for Fire: Sea Combat in the Falklands and the Gulf War by Christopher Craig, Sir Peter de la Billiere, published 1995, John … Later, Captain Hugo Palaver’s Skyhawk was killed at long range by a Sea Dart. “We went back to the stopwatch and fixed crosshairs.” Still, two days after joining Hermes, Squire’s GR.3s were in the fight. Grantham Sound. On the afternoon of May 1, 1982, crewmen on the deck of the Argentine carrier Veinticinco de Mayo (“May 25”) scrambled to load six A-4Q Skyhawk attack planes with four Mark 82 bombs each. By the way, Argentina planned to blow up a warship in Gibraltar during the Falklands War, or so the Independent reported on April 04, 2007. Colonel Carlos Rinke, at the time a 26-year-old lieutenant in Grupo 5 de Caza, referring to the Skyhawks. September. The action now shifted to a bay called San Carlos Water, where the British were assembling to land troops. Coventry missed with a Sea Dart; then, as she maneuvered to present a smaller target, she blanked out Broadsword’s radar. Thus ended day one, with both sides wiser. Rio Grande, two aborted Daggers and Skyhawks were lost to the Sea Harriers on CAP installation and killing a number of men. Two turned back with technical problems, but four pressed on, attacking each northern picket ship in pairs. Falkland Islands War, also called Falklands War, Malvinas War, or South Atlantic War, a brief undeclared war fought between Argentina and Great Britain in 1982 over control of the Falkland Islands (Islas … The carrier task force rendezvoused at Ascension Island with a second armada from the Mediterranean, and on April 18 the full battle group, commanded by Admiral John “Sandy” Woodward, turned toward the south Atlantic. "Antrim" then moved towards John Eyton-Jones and Al Curtis, among the most experienced British pilots, descended through fog almost to sea level and were never heard from again. The three surviving aircraft before they safely headed back, but the second flight was Argentine aircraft lost near “I was told by [Ministry of Defence] people that attrition of Sea Harriers would be so great that all of them would be lost in the first few days of the war. Rio Gallegos Shelves: falkland-war In 82' I was preoccupied with the task of being young as well as finishing my education in the merchant navy. “We then had 75 people, one Chinook. and one to a SAM fired by warships. Invincible, AIRCRAFT The Falklands War was the first major world event I can remember in great detail, and a subject that I have read/watched numerous articles/documentaries on, but this is definitely the best … Then he heard he was a bit of a hero around the British fleet and became a first-rate interpreter, a huge help.” Neill Thomas and Lieutenant Commander Mike Blissett, on CAP, picked up four inbound Skyhawks. bombs in Grantham Sound (3.10pm) Antrim (UXB) Withers’ single hit dug a diabolical hole, producing a great upheaval of asphalt crust. failed to hit the transports. At the RAF Waddington base, five Avro Vulcan B.2s, all on their way to retirement, were instead readied for war. During one whiteout, the big tandem-rotor helicopter caromed off a stream bed and somehow kept flying. Like the Doolittle raid on Japan, the Vulcan strike had an effect. British Smithsonian Institution, Air & Space Magazine Darwin raid [a33]. Rinke and his leader made their run. Still the Argentines kept coming. An hour from the islands, the last tanker filled the Vulcan and banked for home, flying on fumes. When the war began on 2nd April 1982 with the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, Britain was forced to rapidly assemble a task force to retake the islands, located some 8,000 miles away from the British mainland. [a44]. Argentine aircraft lost WEEK EIGHT : ... CANA Skyhawks of 3 Esc, all from Rio Grande, San Julian and Rio Gallegos B. Near noon, the old airplane climbed high enough to sweep the fleet one last time, and passed its position to a pair of Super Etendards, each of which had an Exocet. More British … The British learned the importance of having an aerial long-range early warning system to protect the fleet. “Martin’s bomb!” he sniffs. One former Grupo 4 Skyhawk pilot, Guillermo A. Martinez, now a lieutenant colonel, had studied the matter: “When does Invincible return home? One Skyhawk managed to hit HMS Glasgow, but the bomb passed through the vessel and exploded in the sea. Grantham Sound … Neill Thomas says that because they could land vertically, Harriers didn’t need much fuel in reserve. Gonzalez was in a flight of four, at very low level: “I was the leader. Plymouth The pilot limped toward Port Stanley, where Argentine guns shot him down—the first of many incidents of friendly fire. (cannon fire) “We took off with 7,500 liters of fuel,” recalls Colonel Miguel Callejo, then an air force lieutenant. (Photo: XY) Action at Port Howard. The Falklands War provides some important lessons for the conduct of a modern air war. A day later, two squadrons of Sea Harriers met the carriers at Portsmouth—Lieutenant Commander Andrew Auld’s 800 Squadron was assigned to Hermes, while Lieutenant Commander Nigel “Sharkey” Ward’s 801 Squadron was assigned to Invincible. Avoids the jingoistic nonsense that damaged ITN's Battle for the Falklands, while giving a solid survey from start to finish on both sides. survivors. A touch on the disappointing side this book. “We decided to take eight aircraft but had only six pilots,” Gedge recalls. Invincible began rotating her Sea Harriers through combat air patrol (CAP) west of the fleet that same day. Fortunately, they also 3. The other, momentarily bamboozled, flew past the carriers until its small internal radar found Atlantic Conveyor. Please see the category guidelines for more information. The generals in Buenos Aires also had much to ponder. West Falkland by Nos.800 and 801 NAS from Hermes and Excellent thumbnail survey of the conflict. Two days after British forces were well entrenched on the beach, Grupo 5 Skyhawks darted through such a hole, this time going after HMS Antelope. One squadron might report excellent results with the radar and navigation systems, while another found them unreliable. It began on 2 April 2032, exactly fifty years after the first war, when Argentina invaded the Islands and claimed them as their territory . their first success of the day. Sharkey Ward, on CAP, fell in behind Major Juan Tomba’s airplane and peppered it with 30-mm Aden cannon fire. later, but failed to hit any of the ships. • No. “After the pop-up and looking to my radar image,” he says, “I have to choose between two alternatives: launching the missile at the first target I see, or…get the carrier into missile range.” The latter entails flying another 20 miles, over the missile-armed frigates—in other words, “I die before launching,” says Josa. The Mirage IIIs were pulled back to protect Buenos Aires from Vulcan raids—and, perhaps, to save them from the Sea Harriers. With only four operational Skyhawks left, the Argentine navy would fly one more mission before leaving Bomb Alley to the air force. Before the attack, crews aboard Conveyor had been feverishly “blading up” two of the RAF Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, which had been partly disassembled and covered for the crossing. Here’s what you need to know to separate fact from fiction while watching the … Each Sea Harrier destroyed one and might have downed more but for low fuel. Carlos Water (10.30am) She had a 92-foot beam. Shipboard anti-aircraft radar, designed for fights at sea, lost small, fast targets against the terrain, and, like all computerized entities, the units sometimes sulked. One more Pucara and nine 30 minutes later by two flights of A-4Q Skyhawks of 3 Esc Argentine aircraft lost south MICHAEL ARMITAGE MARSHAL OF THE GCB, CBE, DFC, AFC, DL, FRAeS, Chief of Air Staff the north of Port Howard Absolutely nothing. We came over the hill. The Sea Harrier’s radar also lost aircraft that were flying over land. It is 37 since the Falklands War ended, but many who were there likely remember it as if it were yesterday. Sea Harriers - CAP over Falkland Sound and Witnesses with their position during the war: AIR-CHIEF MARSHAL SIR KCB, KBE, Director of Service Intelligence. BritishBritish Army - 122Royal Navy - 87Royal Marines - 26Merchant Navy - 9Royal Fleet Hostile Skies March to the South Atlantic... Nine Battles … Unable to GPX This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Falklands War (2 April–14 June 1982). And the 4,100-foot runway at Port Stanley, already marginal for high-performance jets, was now closed to them. Battles of the Falklands War by Gordon Smith. Ahead of them, the carriers, with a thinned escort, covered Atlantic Conveyor, which was en route to San Carlos Water. The ships launched chaff and turned to bring their weaponry to bear on the Exocets. The crew would have to divert to Brazil. GR.3 (10am) The next morning, about 200 miles northwest of the British fleet, 25th de Mayo prepared a strike, but with no wind, her catapult couldn’t loft a fully laden Skyhawk. The hapless Argentine pilots were running on nothing but courage—and the tender care of the ground crews, who spent freezing nights resuscitating the riddled aircraft. By mid-morning, the radar officer was reporting echoes closing fast. Because the haul to the carriers was so long, the Argentine radar at Port Stanley could watch the British fighters come and go. The four newcomers rushed toward the smoke billowing up from Fitzroy Bay and toward a small landing craft that was being watched by two Sea Harriers on CAP. The Vulcan released 21 bombs on a line that angled southwesterly across the Port Stanley runway; the first bomb cratered the runway almost in the center; the rest missed. “He stayed with it for three passes,” Ward recalls. On April 2nd the war began, with thousands of Argentine troops landing on the Falklands. That’s not to say there weren’t problems,” Squire says. Teal River Inlet - [a38] Dagger (2.35pm) The first of the flights code-named Black Buck, this deployment was also the first time Vulcans had been used in anger in 25 years of service and, at the time, the longest bombing mission ever attempted. The air units involved in the Falklands War were under the following chain of command: The navy had the formidable combination of the Dassault Super Etendard and the Exocet sea-skimming anti-ship missile, though they had only a handful of the latter, which were then embargoed by France. Teal River Inlet by yet For a list of air forces from Argentina, see Argentine air forces in the Falklands War. Surface-to-air missiles—the Sea Dart and Sea Wolf—had been their main worry, but the Sea Harrier and Sidewinder had cost them four aircraft. The conflict began on 2 April, when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands, followed by the invasion of South Georgia the next day. But before night had fallen on occupied Port Stanley, Operation Corporate, the British counterthrust, was under way. The two Skyhawks heading for Coventry were also seen, but the Sea Harriers were again told to break off while the ship’s anti-aircraft did the job. entrance to San Carlos Water The pilots were less than a year out of training at Landivisian, in Brittany. fatally damaged). Three Daggers strafed Brilliant but were picked off by 801 Squadron’s Ward and Steven Thomas. from Goose Green attacked a nearby naval gunfire observer Waiting for the aircraft were HMS Avenger and Exeter, one of them almost certainly the big target the Super Etendard pilot had seen. Based on the book by Gordon Smith, published by Ian Allan 1989 "Battle of the Falkland's War" heads the list of recommended British-published books, described as "a very useful and detailed guide to the day-by-day development of the war… “We did a troll of the RAF. You got used to it.” To which Gedge adds, “You know you’re going to land the first time. Then a single Aermacchi MB-339A of CANA A mission on June 2 carried four Shrikes and was destined for an excellent adventure. Then Bomb Alley went quiet for 24 hours as the adversaries, like knife-wielding combatants in a room gone suddenly dark, briefly pulled back. Brilliant (cannon As they improved—and if they pressed their attacks—they would start getting hits, and by June the world would be bereft of Sea Harriers. Two Grupo 3 Pucaras 13. The brief but bloody naval war that occurred in 1982 over the Falkland Islands, known as the Malvinas in Argentina, is typically viewed as a triumph of British naval power. in Falkland Sound Official Historian of the Falklands Conflict for the Cabinet Office. Even as Coventry died, two Super Etendards were taking off, each with an Exocet. Seventy-two days later the conflict was over. 3.00 pm. “If you tried to bomb straight up the runway and you’re just 50 feet aside, you miss.” Sure enough, a second Black Buck raid two days later stitched 21 craters parallel to the runway. 11. The first three aircraft caught poor "ARDENT" off We talked with those pilots on the radio. Chinook), [a32] Puma (both 8am) The Falklands War was a 10-week undeclared war between Argentinaball and UKball over control of the two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic Ocean; Falkland Islands and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islandsball.. As it would so often in this war, low fuel ended the dance. But when they ran the Exocet attacks, they had something like 110 hours with the Super and they were ready.”. of Christmas Harbour - [a36,a37] Skyhawks (1.05pm) Harriers continued to fly CAP, but there were no more At night, Sidewinder missiles were dried out in the bread oven. They were consequently spotted by Argentine troops. 12. - bomb disposal and damage repair Six attacking Canberra bombers were scattered, but not before one of them was dropped by a Sidewinder. in the only Navy sorties to reach the Falklands that day. 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