It was also capable of conventional bombing missions, and played a vital role in Operation Black Buck during the Falklands War in 1982. The Black Buck combat missions saw the planes fly 3,889 ...
The RAF Typhoon, a multi-role combat aircraft is the mainstay of the UK Military's Quick Reaction Alert provision for UK and Falkland Islands airspace. The Future Combat Air System (FCAS ...
The Argentine invasion of the British-held Falkland islands in the far south Atlantic ... did not think they would actually engage in combat until they heard about one of the defining moments ...
A shocking little-known toll of the Falklands War is revealed today ... of growing disquiet about the suicide rate among former combat soldiers brought sharply into focus by the death of 46 ...
A Senior Nursing Officer in Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, Nicci Pugh, from Devon, was one of only 40 women in the combat zone in the Falklands War. Handout Denzil Connick (right ...
Yesterday I visited the Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond, recently returned from months at the sharp end in the most intense naval combat anyone has seen since the Falklands War.
DURING the Remembrance Day commemorations on the Falklands recently, armed forces minister Luke Pollard reaffirmed the nation's commitment to the defence and security of the islands. In doing so ...