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Falklands War (1982)

How the UK scrambled to stand up Sea King AEW fleet after HMS Sheffield attack
22nd May 2025
The deadly Exocet attack on HMS Sheffield brought home the need to rapidly regenerate airborne early warning in the Royal Navy, which had disappeared with the Fairey Gannet. As the service’s last Westland Sea Kings are retired, we recall Project LAST — the programme that brought the helicopter into operation in this role
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How the UK scrambled to stand up Sea King AEW fleet after HMS Sheffield attack
22nd May 2025
The deadly Exocet attack on HMS Sheffield brought home the need to rapidly regenerate airborne early warning in the Royal Navy, which had disappeared with the Fairey Gannet. As the service’s last Westland Sea Kings are retired, we recall Project LAST — the programme that brought the helicopter into operation in this role
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RAF Harrier GR3 Falklands War Diary
22nd May 2025
When No 1(F) Squadron took the Harrier GR3 to war in the Falklands conflict, it had many chalenges to overcome, but did so in the best RAF traditions. Using recently released official documents, this is the unit’s Operation ‘Corporate’ diary
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RAF Harrier GR3 Falklands War Diary
22nd May 2025
When No 1(F) Squadron took the Harrier GR3 to war in the Falklands conflict, it had many chalenges to overcome, but did so in the best RAF traditions. Using recently released official documents, this is the unit’s Operation ‘Corporate’ diary
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Sea Harrier and Lynx arrive in Falklands for display
5th July 2024
The Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust (FINMT) has received BAE Systems Sea Harrier F/A.2 ZH801 and Westland Lynx HMA.8SRU XZ725 following an epic journey by the two aircraft from the United Kingdom to the South Atlantic.
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Falklands veteran Skyhawk restored to wartime configuration
29th September 2023
Newly refurbished A-4 goes on show in Buenos Aires museum
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El veterano Skyhawk de las Malvinas recupera su configuración de guerra
29th September 2023
Un A-4 recién renovado se exhibe en un museo de Buenos Aires
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El Vulcano "Black Buck" recibe los cuidados necesarios
7th July 2023
El famoso bombardero veterano de las Malvinas se restaura tras años a la intemperie
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'Black Buck' Vulcan gets much-needed care
7th July 2023
Famed Falklands veteran bomber under restoration after years outside
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Operación "Black Buck" – Taxi crepuscular
14th March 2022
El sábado 21 de mayo, el Vulcan Restoration Trust conmemorará el 40º aniversario del conflicto de las Malvinas y de las misiones de la Operación Black Buck con un evento especial de rodaje crepuscular en el que participarán los Avro Vulcan B2 en el aeropuerto de London Southend.
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