The opposing fleets were facing off over the sparsely-populated Falkland Islands, known as the Malvinas in Argentina.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Thus, we can thank a day of unusually mild weather on May 1, 1982 for leaving us with many more living Argentinian and British sailors and aviators today than might otherwise have been the case.
On the afternoon of May 1, 1982, crewmen on the deck of the Argentine carrier
Veinticinco de Mayo (“May 25”) scrambled to load six A-4Q Skyhawk attack planes with four Mark 82 bombs each.
The subsonic jets were to be the tip of the spear of Argentine Navy Task Force 79 as it attacked a British Royal Navy fleet roughly 140 miles away, including the carriers
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In 1982, Two Modern Aircraft Carriers Almost Went to War
We can thank a day of unusually mild weather on May 1, 1982 for leaving us with many more living Argentinian and British sailors and aviators today than might otherwise have been the case.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The Argentine attack would have resulted in high casualties among the pilots - but it was expected that the damage caused would be worth it. Fortunately, because the wind was not blowing that day, it was decided that the planes would not take off.
On the afternoon of May 1, 1982, crewmen on the deck of the Argentine carrier