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Skyhawks over the South Atlantic : Argentine Skyhawks in the Malvinas/Falklands War 1982
- Title
- Skyhawks over the South Atlantic : Argentine Skyhawks in the Malvinas/Falklands War 1982 / Santiago Rivas.
- Author
- Rivas, Santiago, 1977-
- Publication
- Warwick : Helion & Company Limited, 2019.
- ©2019
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- Description
- 88 pages, viii pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 30 cm.
- Summary
- "By 1982, the backbone of the Argentine combat aviation, both on the Air Force and the Navy, was formed by three batches of Douglas A-4 Skyhawks, with the A-4B and C of the Air Force and the A-4Qs of the Navy. Despite their age, being a model almost 30 years old at the time of the war, and lacking protection, they took on the overwhelming struggle to fight the British Task Force that opposed the Argentine forces on the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.The Skyhawks were responsible for inflicting the greatest damage upon the Royal Navy, sinking HMS Coventry, Ardent, Antelope, the RFA Sir Gallahad, and LCU F-4, while damaging many other ships and striking ground targets. They also suffered heavy losses, with 10 A-4Bs, 9 A-4Cs and three A-4Qs lost in combat, with eighteen pilots being killed.The experience of the Skyhawk during the war was another addition to the legend the model had become over the skies of Vietnam and Israel. Despite many reports to the contrary, at the time of writing the Argentine Air Force still operates modernised A-4ARs and OA-4Ars, and is one of the last two military operators of the Skyhawk in the world."
- Series Statement
- Latin America@war ; no. 16
- Uniform Title
- Latin America @ war ; no. 16.
- Subjects
- Note
- Cover title.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86).
- Call Number
- JFG 20-247
- ISBN
- 9781912866397
- 1912866390
- OCLC
- 1120186045
- Author
- Rivas, Santiago, 1977- author.
- Title
- Skyhawks over the South Atlantic : Argentine Skyhawks in the Malvinas/Falklands War 1982 / Santiago Rivas.
- Publisher
- Warwick : Helion & Company Limited, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Latin America@war ; no. 16Latin America @ war ; no. 16.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86).
- Chronological Term
- 1982
- Research Call Number
- JFG 20-247