Air forces in the Falklands War
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This is a list of the units, aircraft and casualties of the Argentine and British air forces in the Falklands War. The numbers in bold are the number of aircraft used in the war, the numbers in brackets are the number of lost aircraft.
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[edit] Argentina
Caution:There is a dispute regarding the total number of Argentine aircraft really deployed.
[edit] Argentine Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Argentina
- 1st Air Brigade - Lockheed KC/C-130 Hercules, Boeing 707, Fokker F-28 and Fokker F-27 9 (1), 1, 6, 12
- 2nd Air Brigade - English Electric B.Mk62 Canberra 8 (2)
- 3rd Air Brigade - FMA IA 58 Pucará 24 (13)
- 4th Air Brigade - McDonnell Douglas A-4C Skyhawk 15 (9)
- 5th Air Brigade - McDonnell Douglas A-4B Skyhawk 24 (10)
- 6th Air Brigade - Israel Aircraft Industries Dagger 20 (11)
- 7th Air Brigade - Boeing CH-47C Chinook and Bell 212 2, 2
- 8th Air Brigade - Dassault Mirage IIIEA 17 (2)
- Grupo Aérofotográfico - Learjet 35A-L (1)
[edit] Argentine Navy
Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina
- 1st Naval Air Attack Squadron - Aermacchi MB.339A 6 (2)
- 2nd Naval Air Fighter/Attack Squadron - Dassault Super Étendard 4
- 3rd Naval Air Fighter/Attack Squadron - McDonnell Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk 8 (3)
- Naval Air Antisubmarine Squadron - Grumman S-2E Tracker 6
- Naval Air Training Squadron - Beechcraft T-34 Mentor 4 (4)
- Naval Air Exploration Squadron - Lockheed SP-2H Neptune 2
- 1st Naval Air Helicopter Squadron - Aérospatiale Alouette AI03, Sea Lynx 10 (1), 2 (1)
- 2nd Naval Air Helicopter Squadron - Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King 5
- Naval Air Transport Squadrons - Lockheed L-188 Electra and Fokker F-28 3, 3
[edit] Argentine Army
Comando de Aviación del Ejército Argentino
- 601 Army Aviation Battalion - Boeing CH-47C Chinook, Agusta A109, Bell UH-1H Iroquois and Aérospatiale Puma SA330L 2 (1), 3 (1), 9, 5 (5).
- South Georgia April 3rd - Aérospatiale Puma SA330L 1 (1)
[edit] Argentine Coast Guard
Prefectura Naval Argentina
- Aviation Service - Aérospatiale Puma SA330L and Short Skyvan 1, 2 (2)
[edit] Argentine traffic planes
- Escuadrón Fénix — 30 civilian business planes:
Gates Learjet, Cessna Citation, Hawker Siddeley HS-125, Commander 690 and Mitsubishi MU-2.
- Aerolineas Argentinas: Boeing 737[1] (airlift to Port Stanley).
[edit] Armament
- 7.62 mm FM M2-20
- 20 mm Colt Mk.12 Cannon
- 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.804 Cannon
- Aérospatiale AM.39 Exocet (Air-to-Surface) Anti-Ship Missile
- General Purpose Bomb
- Napalm
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] Army Air Corps
- No. 656 Squadron Army Air Corps - (Gazelle AH.Mk.1, Scout AH.Mk.1) 6 (1), 6
[edit] Royal Marines
- 3 CDO Brigade Air Squadron - (Gazelle AH.Mk.1, Scout AH.Mk.1) 9 (2), 6 (1)
[edit] Fleet Air Arm
- No. 737 NAS - (Wessex HAS.Mk.3) 2 (1) (HMS Antrim & HMS Glamorgan)
- No. 800 NAS - (Sea Harrier FRS.Mk.1) 12 (2) (HMS Hermes)
- No. 801 NAS - (Sea Harrier FRS.Mk.1) 8 (4) (HMS Invincible)
- No. 809 NAS - (Sea Harrier FRS.Mk.1) 8 (HMS Hermes) & (HMS Invincible)
- No. 815 NAS - (Lynx HAS.Mk.2 and HAS.Mk.3) 14 (3) (Type 42-destroyers, Type 21 and Type 22 frigates)
- No. 820 NAS - (Sea King HAS.Mk.5) 9 (HMS Invincible)
- No. 824 NAS - (Sea King HAS.Mk.2) 5 (RFA Fort Rosalie) & (RFA Olmeda)
- No. 825 NAS - (Sea King HAS.Mk.2) 10 (Atlantic Causeway & RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
- No. 826 NAS - (Sea King HAS.Mk.5) 9 (2) (HMS Hermes)
- No. 829 NAS - (Wasp HAS.Mk.1) 9 (HMS Endurance, HMS Bristol, Leander class & type 12 frigates)
- No. 845 NAS - (Wessex HU.Mk.5) 15 (2) (RFA Tidespring, RFA Tidepool, RFA Fort Austin & Port San Carlos)
- No. 846 NAS - (Sea King HC.Mk.4) 15 (3) (HMS Hermes, Fearless class, SS Canberra, Elk & Norland)
- No. 847 NAS - (Wessex HU.Mk.5) 24 (Atlantic Causeway, RFA Engadine & Port San Carlos)
- No. 848 NAS - (Wessex HU.Mk.5) 15 (6) (HMS Endurance, RFA Olna, Atlantic Conveyor & Astronomer)
[edit] Royal Air Force
All four engined heavies operated from Wideawake Airfield, Ascension Island, but flew in the war zone.
- No. 1(F) Squadron - (Harrier GR.Mk.3) 10 (4) (HMS Hermes & Port San Carlos)
- No. 18 Squadron - (Chinook HC.Mk.1) 4 (3) +1 at Wideawake
- No. 29 Squadron - (Phantom FGR.Mk.2) 3; only at Wideawake
- No. 39 Squadron - (English Electric PR.Mk.9 Canberra) 2; Clandestine operations from Chile
- No. 42 Squadron - (Nimrod MR.Mk.2) 13 MR.2 from all squadrons
- No. 44 Squadron - (Vulcan B.Mk.2) 2
- No. 47 Squadron - (C-130 Hercules)
- No. 50 Squadron - (Vulcan B.Mk.2) 1
- No. 51 Squadron - (Nimrod R.Mk.1) 3
- No. 55 Squadron - (Victor K.Mk.2) 20 Victor K.2 from both squadrons
- No. 57 Squadron - (Victor K.Mk.2)
- No. 70 Squadron - (C-130 Hercules)
- No. 101 Squadron - (Vulcan B.Mk.2) 1
- No. 120 Squadron - (Nimrod MR.Mk.2)
- No. 201 Squadron - (Nimrod MR.Mk.2)
- No. 202 Squadron - (Sea King HAR.Mk.3) 1 only at Wideawake
- No. 206 Squadron - (Nimrod MR.Mk.2)
[edit] Armament
- L44A1 GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun)
- 30 mm ADEN Cannon
- AIM-9B Sidewinder AAM (Air-to-Air Missile)
- AIM-9G Sidewinder AAM (Air-to-Air Missile)
- AIM-9L Sidewinder AAM (Air-to-Air Missile)
- AGM-45 Shrike Air-to-Surface ARM (Anti-Radiation Missile)
- BAe Sea Skua Air-to-Surface anti-ship missile
- Aerospatiale AS.12 ASM (Air-to-Surface Missile)
- Paveway LGB (Laser Guided Bomb)
- BL755 Cluster bomb
- 1,000 lb. General Purpose Bomb
- CRV-7 2.75in Folding Fin Rockets
- Mk. 46 Stingray Torpedo
- Mk. 11 Depth charge
[edit] Casualties and aircraft losses
- Argentina:
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- Human losses:
- 6 Army aviation
- 4 Naval aviation
- 41[2] Argentine Air Force aviators (including 6 crew members of the C-130H shot down June 1st and 6 crew members of the Learjet LR-35A shot down June 7th)
- and 14 Ground crew
- Human losses:
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- Aircraft Lost in the Air: no suffix: Air Force
- 8 McDonnell Douglas A-4B Skyhawk
- 9 McDonnell Douglas A-4C Skyhawk
- 3 McDonnell Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk Navy
- 1 Lockheed C-130E Hercules
- 2 English Electric B.Mk62 Canberra
- 1 Learjet 35A
- 2 Dassault Mirage IIIEA
- 11 Israel Aircraft Industries Dagger A
- 1 Aermacchi MB.339A Navy
- 3 FMA IA 58 Pucará
- 3+1 Aérospatiale Puma SA330L Army (1 at South Georgia April 3rd)
- Destroyed on the ground
- 9 FMA IA 58 Pucará
- 1 Agusta A109 Army
- 1 Boeing Ch-47C Chinook Army
- 2 Aérospatiale Puma SA330L Army
- 4 Beechcraft T-34 Mentor Navy
- 2 Skyvan 3-M Coast Guard
- Captured after the war
- 11 FMA IA 58 Pucará
- 2 Agusta A109 Army
- 9 Bell UH-1H Iroquois Army
- 1 Boeing CH-47C Chinook Army
- 1 Aérospatiale Puma SA330L Coast Guard
- 3 Aermacchi MB.339A Navy
- 2 Bell 212
- Lost with ARA General Belgrano
- 1 Aérospatiale Alouette AI03 Navy
- Flying accident in the war zone
- Aircraft Lost in the Air: no suffix: Air Force
- United Kingdom
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- Human losses:
- 2 Army Air Corps
- 4 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron Royal Marines
- 17 Fleet Air Arm
- Passengers
- Human losses:
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- Aircraft Lost in the Air:, no suffix: Fleet Air Arm
- 3 Westland Gazelle AH.Mk.1 Army and Royal Marines
- 4 Harrier GR.Mk.3 RAF
- 2 Sea Harrier FRS.Mk.1
- 1 Scout AH.Mk.1 Royal Marines
- Flying accidents in the war zone
- Lost onboard a ship
- Self-destruct in Chile
- Aircraft Lost in the Air:, no suffix: Fleet Air Arm
[edit] External links
- British site about Argentine Aircraft lost
- Britains Small Wars.com:
- Argentine Air Force (FAA) official site about the Malvinas/Falkland Air War
- ^ http://www.malvinasmdp.org.ar/Images/Fotos/M085.jpg
- ^ http://www.fuerzaaerea.mil.ar/conflicto/caidos.html
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