The Royal Air Force is for the first time using the “spoils of war” captured from Argentina ... Falklands Conflict to provide aircraft and parts in front-line squadrons. A senior RAF officer ...
The Thatcher government also invited several Argentine military officers to ... up to the Argentine military junta during the Falklands War, but declassified British documents show that her ...
A Skyvan PA-51 used by Argentina's military ... During the Dirty War, ESMA was a secret death camp in the middle of Buenos Aires. The school's sadistic officers explored various cruel methods ...
The 2006 trial for atrocities during Argentina’s military dictatorship began a wave of prosecutions more than a generation ...
In 1982, the Argentine government threatened to break ... A month later, the Falklands War broke out between the two countries, resulting in a British victory. To this day, the South American ...
Trump’s return has left Europe’s main military pact looking less assured. Now defence is being reshaped on the continent.
But the bold Argentine A-4 Skyhawks’ efforts were all for naught: Argentina surrendered to the British the following day.
Though their feats weren’t enough to win the war, the Argentine Skyhawk pilots were deadly effective against Royal Navy shipping, sinking the following vessels: “But on 13 June 1982 ...
She took part in the Falklands War of 1982, serving as an electronic warfare picket ship to the Task Force, and taking part in several bombardments of Argentine positions. On May 25 HMS ...
The former Defence Secretary played a key role in Britain's response to the Falklands War during the Thatcher government. He faced fierce criticism for failing to anticipate the Argentine invasion ...