This is a list of the units, aircraft and casualties of the British air services in the Falklands War. The numbers in bold are the number of aircraft used in the war, the numbers in brackets are the number of lost aircraft. For a list of air forces from Argentina, see Argentine air forces in the Falklands War.
Squadron | Aircraft[1] | Number | Lost | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
737 NAS | Wessex HAS.3 | 2 | 1 | HMS Antrim & HMS Glamorgan |
800 NAS | Sea Harrier FRS.1 | 12 | 2 | HMS Hermes. RAF personnel attached.[2] |
801 NAS | Sea Harrier FRS.1 | 8 | 4 | HMS Invincible. RAF personnel attached.[3] |
809 NAS | Sea Harrier FRS.1 | 8 | HMS Hermes & Invincible | |
815 NAS | Lynx HAS.2 Lynx HAS.3 |
7 7 |
3 | Type 42 destroyers, Type 21 and Type 22 frigates |
820 NAS | Sea King HAS.5 | 9 | HMS Invincible | |
824 NAS | Sea King HAS.2 Sea King HAS.2A |
3 2 |
RFA Fort Rosalie & Olmeda | |
825 NAS | Sea King HAS.2 | 10 | SS Atlantic Causeway & Queen Elizabeth 2 | |
826 NAS | Sea King HAS.5 | 12 | 2 | HMS Hermes |
829 NAS | Wasp HAS.1 | 9 | (HMS Endurance, HMS Bristol, Leander-class & Type 12 frigates) | |
845 NAS | Wessex HU.5 | 15 | 2 | RFA Tidespring, Tidepool, Fort Austin & Port San Carlos |
846 NAS | Sea King HC.4 | 15 | 3 | HMS Hermes, Fearless class, SS Canberra, Elk & Norland |
847 NAS | Wessex HU.5 | 24 | SS Atlantic Causeway, RFA Engadine & Port San Carlos | |
848 NAS | Wessex HU.5 | 15 | 6 | (HMS Endurance, RFA Olna, SS Atlantic Conveyor & Astronomer) |
All of the four-engined aircraft operated from Wideawake Airfield, Ascension Island, but flew in the war zone.
Sea Harrier FRS.1 | 1,435 sorties,[9] 20 (+3) kills, 6 lost. |
Harrier GR.3 | 126 sorties, 4 lost. |
Vulcan B.2 | 5 sorties: 1, 3 May and 12 June; 21x1,000 lbs bombs – 31 May and 3 June; 4[10] x AGM-45 Shrike. |
Victor K.2 | 375 sorties; 14 sorties per Vulcan raid, 12 sorties per extended Nimrod patrol, 6 sorties per Hercules long-range drop, 6 sorties per Harrier GR.3 staging (4), 3 radar reconnaissance sorties to South Georgia. |
Nimrod MR.2 | 111 sorties: maritime patrols, coordinate air refueling, SAR links. |
Hercules C.1 | 50+ airdrop sorties at Falklands Island, 600+ airbridge sorties UK-Ascension Island |
10 fixed-wing aircraft and 25 helicopters.
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