Falklands War Aircraft
A testy 1982 situation off of Argentina led to a resounding British response and the combat debut of the coveted Harrier jump jet.
There are a total of 28 Falklands War Aircraft in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order. Flag images indicative of country of origin.
1978
The Aermacchi MB.339 was the successor to the Aermacchi MB.326 in the advanced trainer and light strike role. This twin-seat ...
1960
The Aerospatiale Alouette III, is French for Skylark having a single-engine and to be used as a light utility helicopter and ...
1971
A popular light reconnaissance and attack helicopter for export order, the Aerospatiale Gazelle systems are a common site all...
1976
The British-Italian helicopter concern of AgustaWestland developed their AW109 model of 1971 as a commercial-level passenger-...
1978
The Italian Alenia G.222 medium-lift tactical transport was born from a 1962 NATO requirement for a Vertical / Short Take-Off...
1956
The Avro Vulcan formed the second point on the triangle in the British "V-Bombers" collection - a series of three high-altitu...
1968
The Nimrod aircraft came about as a replacement for the aging and World War Two-era piston-engine Avro Shackleton. Charged wi...
1978
The arrival of the land-based Hawker Siddeley Harrier revolutionized the British military approach upon its inception into RA...
1953
The T-34 Mentor series served the United States Air Force and United States Navy well in training generations of aviators in ...
1959
The UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" became an important part of American military actions beginning in 1960 and expanding throughout the...
1955
The 707 model series for The Boeing Company proved to be the catalyst for their commercial market successes to come. The 707 ...
1962
The Chinook series of medium-lift helicopters has been a mainstay utility service system for the US Army (among others) for d...
1956
Though now outclassed by the latest in Next Generation aircraft, the Mirage III - for a time - was the best European fighter ...
1967
The Dassault Mirage V / Mirage 50 series of French-built multi-role aircraft stands as the last further development of the su...
1978
The Dassault Super Etendard ("Standard") was a further development of the base Etendard platform that performed well in servi...
1956
The A-4 Skyhawk (nicknamed "Heinemann's Hot Rod" and the "Scooter") came about as a private venture when the Douglas corporat...
1951
The British-produced Canberra was originally conceived of as a high-altitude, high-level nuclear-capable medium bomber. The f...
1975
The impressive-looking, two-seat IA-58 Pucara (meaning "Fortress") was produced by the Fabrica Militar de Aviones of Argentin...
1954
The Grumman S-2 Tracker was designed, developed and produced for the United States Navy at a time when carriers had taken the...
1957
The Handley Page Victor formed the last part of the RAF's "V-Bomber" triangle also consisting of the Vickers Valliant and the...
1969
The subsonic British Harrier "jump jet" became the world's first practical VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aircraft afte...
1956
The arrival of the Lockheed-produced C-130 Hercules series of transport lay down the foundation of transport design for decad...
1947
The P2V Neptune series of aircraft was one of the more successful post-war designs for America, with service that spanned dec...
1960
Arguably one of the finest combat fighters of the 20th Century, the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II series was produced in larger nu...
1961
At its peak, the Sikorsky SH-3 series of naval aircraft was a widely used and successful platform utilized in anti-submarine ...
1969
The Puma began life as a product of Sud Aviation designed to meet an French Army requirement for an all-weather, medium-lift,...
1978
The Westland Lynx (AgustaWestland since 2000) was designed to a British Army requirement and initially consisted of four plan...
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