When the Falklands Conflict began Argentina seemingly had a massive advantage in the skies. They had over 100 aircraft of varying types. Some could operate from the Argentinian mainland and others could operate from airstrips on the Falklands themselves. Meanwhile, the British Task Force initially had only 20 Sea Harriers which could fit on its two aircraft carriers, HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible. It was up to them to protect the Task Force at sea as well as the troops on the ground, but to many that seemed like an impossible task.
In this 3rd episode of our Falklands series IWM Curator Paris Agar examines the conflict in the air. Just how big was the Argentinian advantage? How did each side change their strategy? And how did British pilots beat the odds and take control of the skies? To answer those questions and more Agar takes an in-depth look at the aircraft of the Falklands Conflict including the Vulcan, Pucará, Wessex and Harrier.
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British making propoganda creating heroism stories about their imperalism and anti-democratic moves and yet people are admiring them in the comments. What a world we are living in.
Its not Amusing realy. The Argentinian forces didn't want the war and most were conscripts. The British Forces were all volunteers so their mind set was in their favor. The British was highly trained as they are to this day.
Philippglanzmann ich habe kein Geld für die Kinder und ich habe kein
A very long time ago I was walking down to the River Clyde as I took
a photo of the British Warship
The HMS Plymouth that was hit
by a sea dart missile as I have got a photo of it in my living room wall as I had the whole photograph blown up
I am dedicating this photograph to my old school friends who are both sisters and I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyxxx
The argentian airplanes needed hundreds of kilometers to reach the Malvinas, they had just few minutes to fight and try to come back to their airbase in the continent, the British just had the airbase on mobile carries than in just minutes to enter in combat and had enough time to patrol, intercept and fight and fly back!
Don’t mess with Britain 🇬🇧. It is a great country with great people.
'BEAT THE ODDS' what a joke
Indian Navy purchased the HMS Hermes in 1987 and re named it the INS Viraat…INS Viraat served in the Indian Navy for another 30 years..
Let's remember the Windrush Heroes and their significant contribution to England's victory
After the Victory of the USSR over Euro-Fascism and Hitler —- from 1945 to 2022, it was the USA and England that firmly took the place of the new Hitler No. 2 and International Terrorist No. 1. Spending tens of billions of dollars again on the revival of a new Euro -fascism and Nazism in Europe and arming the entire world terrorism from Ukraine to Syria ( ISIS ) to start a new World War No. 3.
The USA has been the main sponsor of terrorism and Nazism since 1932
Time to take it back!
She can rotate my "nozzle" anytime 😳😆👍🇬🇧
They won only because the support of the US, who gave the brits the sidewinder missile, among other weapons.
Sinceramente no se de que pueden vanagloriarse, ustedes, no fueron capaces de combatir con aviones de décadas pasadas, con armamentos (bombas) de varias décadas atrás, los veían aparecer y comenzaban a maldecir por lo que sabían se les venía (esto dicho y reconocido por integrantes de sus propias fuerzas armadas) y les tiraban hasta con FAL, y si no hubiera intervenido PAPA NOEL, todavía estarían preguntándose que y como fue que paso. La superioridad aérea la tuvieron luego de que PAPA NOEL les diera los Side Winder, pero, hasta tanto……no se de que superioridad aérea hablan. La historia es testigo de que ustedes los británicos, jamás hubieran ganado ningún combate, MENOS TODAVIA UNA GUERRA, sin la ayuda de PAPA NOEL, traten de estar siempre de su lado. Con remover el comentario no van a cambiar la verdad
The video is missing the Vulcan incident with Brazil.
https://youtu.be/S5FfR5Oj37g
https://youtu.be/27B2VAp7CF4 (brazilian pilot talking about his interception of Vulcan)
Great video thanks.
Superb video, between 5 to 1 and 10 to one odds plus huge logistic distance.
the mirage had no chance against the harrier regardless of the altitude
those upgraded sidewinder missiles really made the difference for the harriers. had they been relagated to the old air-to-air missiles, it would have been a lot harder. Harriers also took off from container ships supporting the british too – the atlantic causeway does not often get the recognition it deserves.
You fools think GOD has no Voice?
ALWAYS SEE THE CHURH!
The Vulcan is then aircraft that "nuked" the USA twice. Britannia rules the skies. .
The Sidewinder was the difference –
The Sea Harrier did it alone. The RAF were useless. It was the Navy alone that achieved the impossible. The Vulcan did almost nothing….it was essentially a fig leaf for the useless RAF. The useless RAF Harriers didn’t stop the Argentinian planes coming in instead they tried to pick them off AFTER they had dropped their bombs!?!?!
Win belong to those who have money and resources. Rest is just BS
The Argentinian lost 4 aircraft the first day, two Mirage IIIEA, one IAI Dagger and one Canberra.
It wasn’t the RAF that won air superiority it was the RN by a vast number of sorties
The Vulcan attack did little to no damage to the airfield.
So simple; US helped to Britain, like arap-israeli war
La tentación de las mujeres que estoy loco por las mujeres y que tengo un problema la tentación de las mujeres nola vas a pagar a una pobre mujer 200 dólares o libras para que se quite las bragas a las pobres que hago yo por que sila coges malo y te vas con ellas novas a pagar las mujeres por eso. Que no se quitan las ganas lo mismo luego acabas mal con una novia
The harrier is a stupid plane. It's heat signature is too great, it's slow, and vulnerable, and consumes too much fuel.
They should have just made the A-10 with a carrier-capable landing gear, and that would have been better.
Iron Lady. One of the best leaders in history
Let's get this to 2m views family!
They didn't beat the odds. The U.K was much stronger than Argentina. Argentina was a non developed country with old hand me down weapons.
Es verdad que los aviones de la marina y la F.A. Argentina ya estaban llegando al fin de su vida útil…a los pilotos argentinos les sobró coraje y valor,…la verdad que la diferencia la hizo el misil AIM-9 sidewinder provistos por E.U. a la Royal Navy, aunque el conflicto se hubiera prolongado por más tiempo la balanza en el combate aéreo, ya se había inclinado a favor U.K. gracias a la provisión de esos misiles….
Me reí mucho con lo de "supremacía Argentina" !
El mundo entero, incluyendo a los británicos, sabe que las ISLAS MALVINAS son argentinas! Llegado el momento, las vamos a recuperar definitivamente 🇦🇷
The Argentinians was kicking the British ass until the Americans save the British ass the Brit need to stop f””” lying .
Invasores , como sempre. Roubaram o mundo inteiro. Malditos Ingleses.
Fácil, los gringos le ataron las manos a argentina para que no pudieran defenderse, que buen ejército ingleses
Gloria y Honor a nuestros bravos pilotos argentinos !!!!
Argentina must take back Falkland Islands coming soon. UK is not a super power. Declining.
Argentina needs to attack on british island. Argentina should make nukes and drop on british island. Then Game is over of nazi colonial british forever.
Jajajaja en 72 nunca pusieron una sola bomba en la pista de aterrizaje de Puerto Argentino !Malvinas , los vulcan jamás pusieron una bomba en la pista tampoco un desastre la efectividad de los sea Harriers y vulcans bombardeando no le pegan a nadie ! Los Hércules c130 rompieron el bloqueo durante 72 días ! THATS IS THE TRUE ! M a l V i n a s Argentinas BRITISH go Home ! Jack Parrow !
We crossed the border over the Andes from Chile into Argentina 2 years after the war. They had a sign that read, "Las Malvinas todavia son nuestras" – "The Falklands are still ours." We had a few students from New Zealand with us and the border guards gave them a lot of hassles, looked through their bags, wasted their time, etc. In the end they let us through and everyone was cool.
Eran ustedes los ingleses más adelantados , pero ay que discutir eso ? 🥴
Never forget, the French gave the Argentinean their missiles
👉Sittichoke 🅱️ Arunrat 🤟 ®️👈
you forget to talk about the Exocet kill switch, France would not tell Britian the code.