Air Power in the Falklands Conflict
Air Power in the Falklands Conflict From the television footage shown in all its stark reality and the daily coverage and subsequent memoirs, the impression delivered from the air battles in the…
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Air Power in the Falklands Conflict
From the television footage shown in all its stark reality and the daily coverage and subsequent memoirs, the impression delivered from the air battles in the Falklands Conflict was that of heroic Argentine pilots who relentlessly pressed home their attacks against the British. But what was the reality of the air war over the Falkland Islands?While books on the air operations have published since that time, they have, in the main, been personal accounts, re-told by those who were there, fighting at a tactical level, or back in their nation's capital running the strategic implications of the outcome. While, by contrast, there is a counter-narrative that portrayed the Sea Harrier force as being utterly dominant over its Argentine enemies.
At the same time, some analysts have But a detailed analysis of the operational level of the air war has not been undertaken - until now.