But the bold Argentine A-4 Skyhawks’ efforts were all for naught: Argentina surrendered to the British the following day.
Among other things, the 1982 Falklands War (aka, “La Guerra de Las Malvinas“) between Great Britain featured some intense aerial combat, air-to-ground, air-to-sea (Argentine A-4 Skyhawks ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilbert Teodoro on Monday laid out Manila’s plans to deter Chinese efforts in the ...
War graves of Argentinian soldiers in the Falkland Islands. Picture: iStock/mtcurado. There they were, row upon row of them.