Even when the weathers rubbish, it’s still beautiful. #falklands #landscape

May 1st 1982: With British warships now pounding the Argentine positions around the Falklands, Argentine air force crews scramble to their jets, a mixture of mainly Mirage & Dagger fighters, armed with bombs and missiles, and determine to take the fight back to the British...

May 1st 1982: It has been an incredible first day in the Falklands war: bombings and naval shelling have taken their toll and the Argentine Air Force has been met and beaten. Admiral Sandy Woodward signals the task force: 'Can we have a raid like that every day?'

Flying over Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, March 2024. #Falklands

May 1st 1982: British Special Forces are now in the Falklands right up close to Stanley and even in town... indeed, their presence has been reported by Argentines since the invasion. This cartoon from 'Up the Falklands' series rather sums it up nicely.

Two Royal Navy aircraft are heading to the Falklands to be centrepieces for an exhibition on the 1982 conflict ✈️

One of the two aircraft, a retired Sea Harrier jump jet, was carefully dismantled and moved by military experts

Find out more ➡️ brnw.ch/21wJlw4

Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian A pic of 'Black Buck one' Vulcan B.2 S/N XM607, when she was on display at RAF Waddington in 2007.

The logistical effort to get this one aircraft to the Falklands & back was staggering, particularly as the eleven Victor tankers had to take off from the same runway.

They'll tell you their country of origin if the alternative is rotting indefinitely in a camp in the Falklands.

April 24th 1982: The Argentine III Infantry Brigade starts to arrive in the Falklands, with the 12th, 5th and finally 4th Regiments arriving over the next six days until the 29th. They are greeted with frozen hail and heavy rain: very different from their sub-tropical climate.

Remembering POACMN Kevin (Ben) Casey. An officer and gentleman. On this day 42 years ago our lives changed forever when we lost you at sea in the Falklands war. Until we meet again bro 💔

April 23rd: #OTD in the #Falklands war 'Argentine Annie' begins broadcasting to the task force: 'Why don't you give up and go home, British soldiers? You stand no chance of winning. Your families are missing you...' She soon becomes satirised as 'Korn Beef Kate'.

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Falklands Diary '82 - In three weeks I would witness, Lt Owen Crippa, Argentine Navy, attacking ships and running the gauntlet of San Carlos Water. He survived and won his nations equivalent of a VC. We were the same age and both had a moustache. I salute you sir.

Malvinas/Falklands war

Falklands Island Defense Force Soldiers firing historic firearms, Jan 2022 🇫🇰

April 25th 1982: The task force is now full steam ahead, and the carrier battle group joins up with the advanced group, consisting of HMS Sheffield, Glasgow, Coventry and Arrow, headed for the Falklands.

Watch out, Argentina....

Today in 1982 during Operation Black Buck, the Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.

The Kosmos-1368 photo reconnaissance satellites passed at 150 miles above the Falklands every day in May & June at 11:00. Kosmos-1455, for Electronic Intelligence, and Kosmos 1365 & 1372, for Radar Reconnaissance, were the ones that provided the most important information.

April 30th 1982: Another Argentine Boeing 707 is chased away from the task force by Sea Harrier. Meanwhile, the MOD considers an airstrip on South Georgia, the requirements for defending Ascension, and additional reinforcements to help take back the Falklands...

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April 23rd 1982: The UK informs Argentina of the new 200 mile Total Exclusion Zone (TEZ) around the #Falklands which now includes aircraft as well as ships, and the fact that all Argentine military vessels outside of this zone which pose a threat still can and will be engaged.

Happy #WorldPenguinDay ! 🐧

Hoy celebramos el Día Mundial de Los Pingüinos! ¿Sabías qué las islas Falkland son una de las capitales mundiales para ver pingüinos ya que son el hogar de las 5 de las 18 especies que existen y hay más de un millón de ejemplares?

Falklands de Cerca