It's 10 weeks into the Falklands War, and two British Harriers find themselves protecting damaged ships. Suddenly, Argentine Skyhawks appear on the horizon and a fight ensues. From the Series: Air Warriors bit.ly/2p8p21q
The pilot David Morgan and the Argentine pilot Pipi Sanchez who fought in the air, made a reunion between both pilots in the nineties. The Argentine pilot traveled to England to visit him. In an interview he said that he wanted to meet David Morgan, because for our Argentine pilot he had respect for the English pilot. After all, both sides lost friends. It was just mutual respect between pilots.
@@thesolitary18 Hermano I was born in Liverpool England. I love your people very much. I now live in Thailand since 24 years. You can find me on Facebook. As Sam Wilkinson or look for Sam Wilko. Hasta pronto. Sam
@Alexander Perkins I don't believe any of those countries have engaged in dogfights with one another recently, the Russians are supporting the Syrian government and the F-22 has no air-to-air combat history
The Empire Strikes Back. I had the great privilege of actually seeing a British Harrier. I really love the sleek black paint job on it, it looks very dynamic and advanced for the time.
I miss Harriers, they used to fly over my village every few days on training flights near Yeovilton airbase. One of them crash landed in a field which my Dad watched but sadly I was not born at that point as it must have been awesome. The displays they sued to do with Harriers at air shows were amazing, hovering around and pitching up and down like helicopters, then zipping off. Amazing stuff.
@Silver spoon why was Britain fighting for it's fellow countrymen thousands of miles away? Because of principal, against a murderous regime, also looking at the bigger picture, this was at the height of the cold war, if the Russians thought that Argentina could walk over Britain then so could they, we had to send a message that you don't fk with the Brits!
@Silver spoon After Argentina invaded the Falklands, the entire British population had their blood up, they were demanding argentine scalps thick and fast, anything but complete and utter humiliation of Argentina would have been more controversial than going to war. Britain was seeing red, and ready to have Argentina flayed alive. its not a consolation prize for Britain, it was a kick up the arse, and Britain had to show the world, if you kick Britain up the arse, you will be torn limb from limb, and laughed at while it happens. it was a consolation prize for Argentina, a propaganda stunt, an artificial enemy to unite against. Argentina has no grounds for a legitimate claim to the Falkland islands whatsoever, both Spain and France have stronger grounds for a claim, but as the Falkland's were discovered by an English ship in 1690, the first humans ever to set foot on the islands were English, the British people are the native population, arguably more so than in Great Britain itself. Argentina just has its own dreams of colonialism, pure hypocrisy.
I am Argentine and I must say that this war was terrible for both sides especially for both countries that were getting well, I like the UK and I hope to return soon, a greeting to all English and I hope our relationship improves
Proud brit here, but I will say there was a lot of respect for the Argentine pilots. They were exceptionally skilled fighter pilots and were well respected
@@manuelmdemarcoit's not very often an Argentine says the truth from the back teeth he has..ive know problem with a man like you.. it's the flintstones that are brain dead that frustrate me
Exploits like those of the Argentine pilot Owen Crippa will never be equaled, like that day when he attacked the English fleet alone with an old Aermacchi MB 339 that only had 30-millimeter cannons and 5-inch Zunni rockets.
Russia has a lot to be proud of too bro, sorry we have this animosity right now. Russia's history is truly magnificent you guys are hardcore. Respect from the UK
And one fitting of the Russian philosophy of rugged aircraft, fit for purpose, and able to be employed from rough or unprepared strips. Russian admiration for it was clear from the Yak 38 Forger. In return, I've always found the Su27 family to be particularly attractive machines, especially the twin seaters, and the Mig 31 is a complete beast and engineering marvel too.
Appreciate the compliment to our engineers. Russian engineering is extremely impressive as well in my opinion. Russia has brought many important technologies to the world, thank you.
the A4 is an awesome aircraft and highly agile and can hold its own in a fight - the problem was that you cannot stay on a harriers tail with its vtol and its ability to decelerate rapidly - it was new tech at the time and no one was trained to fight them brave maybe, skillful not
"Sharkey" Ward had much respect for the Argentine pilots, and states that as they came in to attack the ships in San Carlos water the first ship they would pick out was the Canberra but as it was painted white they assumed it was a hospital ship and wasted valuable seconds searching for another target.
My Dad flew RAAF Mirage IIIs at the time here in Australia. Apparently during the war they gave every bit of info over to the RAF/RN on the capabilities off the Mirage III and even flew specific mission profiles that were informally requested by their UK mates to get a better understanding of what the Mirage III could do. At the time his squadron had a couple RAF exchange people.
Interesting. I never knew Australia flew Mirages. I guess that's before you upgraded to the hornet? Most of Argentina's interceptors were Israeli built copies of the Mirage 5 (aka Dagger), but they definitely had a few Mirage IIIs. I think once they got to the Falklands they had about 3 minutes worth of fighting time if they wanted enough fuel to get back to the mainland.
We had mostly Mirage iii, we had a fe Mirage V, but most of those came from Peru. The bulk of the airforce used A-4s, and the armada used the Super Etendars and A-4s.
@@Coyote27981 Yeah range wasn't a strong point of the Mirage III. The RAAF had over 100 and they were only really useful based out of Buttersworth in Malaysia. The A-4s were also operated by the Royal Australian Navy at the time of HMAS Melbourne so I'm sure they did the same to help the RN. I think most of those (very brave and daring) raids from the A-4s were from the Argentine mainland though no?
I was serving in the army during the time of the war and there were rumours going about that we Australians might become involved if it carried on for longer than it did.
@@goodshipkaraboudjan I was just about to ask about Butterworth. 75 Squadron? I was 2 Sig in Melbourne when this started and knew a few pussers on HMAS Melbourne. They say their flying officers were keen to team up with the Brits, all flying A4's. Problem was Melbourne was weeks away from decommission and not sea worthy. I am sure we shared everything but manpower. Even the Navy Officers on secondment with RN were recalled.
Man i love British engineering ,you Brits had one awesome Bird back then!!..very attractive,love watching it come into land on your carrier fleet decks!...well done guys..Big respect...
We have the Typhoon now, probably the best dog fighter in the world but not great for a multirole purpose like the harrier. Hopefully the F35 can live up to it's grandfather reputation
....the Harriers were also equipped with the US made AIM-9L Sidewinder missile ( All aspect infrared ) which made the battle more like shooting fish in a barrel. Had the Skyhawks had decent air coverage from the radar equipped Mirages and with decent Long Range Air to Air Missiles, the battle might have been the Harrier's epitaph!
Of course...the weapons system is only as good as the training of the operator. However, the AIM-9L was the first "All Aspect" IR missile which greatly aided the Harrier Pilots; in that they did not HAVE to get into a rear aspect shot, but could shoot from a head to head engagement or side aspect engagement. And yes, it was a total air/land/sea campaign. However, it always helps in the end game to win a conflict if you can knock out 1 leg of that triad! having total command of the air means one does not have to worry about troops being bombed / strafed and ships sunk because of CLOSE IN anti-ship missiles!
Rubbish, the AIM-9L was in it's very early days, in fact the yanks helped with adjusting coding of the seeker. It's head on lock was near useless, all kills being rear. We had no AEW, 8,000 miles from home, with sea states that would defy belief. The Mirage did have the French built Magic 1, Matra R.530, with land based radar.
thank you to the pilots for their bravery . i am ex WELSH GUARDS one of the ships they where protecting was the SIR GALAHAD . we had massive losses ,but if it wasnt for the bravery of these men it could have been far worse . CYMRU AM BYTH .
@@Aeronaut1975 Perhaps if Welsh MP Teddy Rowland hadn't abused parliamentary privilege to inform the Argentinians we could read their codes, all those Welsh lives may not have been lost. They changed them immediately costing the British a huge intelligence advantage. Of course Blair made him a lord for his act of treachery - putting Labour ambitions (they wanted Thatcher to lose “her” war) ahead of the lives of his countrymen.
@@Zackislivid they gave us neither, they sold us sidewinders, which are missiles. Turns out they were excellent at shooting down the American and French planes.
As a former soldier myself, I have to say that we were always taught to respect the soldiers on the other side. They also have a job to do and at the end, it's the same job as ours. You just hope to do your job a little better than the other side.
That largely depends on the conduct and ideology of the opposing forces. We have no respect for ISIS or al Qaeda militants because of their barbarity, and the same was true for many of the forces in WWII. Their was deep seated hatred at play. In a modern limited war like the Falklands between two professional militaries that conducted themselves with honor and decency it's much easier.
Although us brits can be proud of this accomplishment, sadly we lost over 200 brave soldiers with many maimed for life, we also have to remember the Argentinian conscripts who were forced into this war by the ruling junta and didn't have a clue what they were doing or up against with our fantastic and highly professional military. Sure Argentina had their elite forces, but this was a pointless war brought on by the Argentinian military Junta and they lost, Argentina is a better place without them in power, I cant help feeling sad for both sides who were killed and maimed due to old and decrepit war mongers of Argentina.
I always see that metaphor when someone is envious. It shows how your mind works: that one is either the dog or the bitch. Thank God that there are some civilised people around who don't think that way or we'd be living in hell.
When I was an Infantry Marine at Camp LeJeune, we would occasionally get to see the Harriers do bombing practice close by. A UH-1 would drop smoke to mark the target and usually a flight of two Harriers would come in inverted to spot the smoke, then roll into the bombing run and drop their ordnance. Awesome planes!
Britain travelled thousands of miles to win this war just shows no matter what size your country is they can achieve great things with the right troops and equipment proud to be British
I wouldn't be so sure about that. If you do your homework, they were very lucky on a number of counts and some serious errors were made. They would have still won, but lost a lot more troops and equipment doing so. One thing yoy can't argue with is the professionalism of the British Armed Forces, second to none.
I am English and yes war is stupid most of the time........Both sides lost loved ones......my condolences to the Argentine's who lost family members too......
I accept your condolences, please accept mine. let's understand that we are all human beings, God will ask us to account for all this. Big hug. Malvinas are Argentines, we can never give up. I regret the lives that were given, but the empires go by and the story takes another course always and this must be reason for analysis to avoid future problems. Greetings.
@@lobosperoThey lost any claim to the islands when there country invaded and killed British people. The UK only lost 200 or so people. Most of the people dying were your people. Attacking other Nations will only get you into trouble. The British was taken down after WW2 in case you didn't know. The price of victory in two world wars.
no, you grow up - the deaths of argentine soldiers and sailors and pilots lay at the hands of its own juanta government that took the islands by force - in fact launching a pre-invasion raid where they hurled explosives through the windows of the royal marine barracks in the middle of the night thinking the marines were sleeping peacefully in their beds - that kind of bullshit requires a response; honestly I think GB should have taken all the dead argentine bodies and sunk them on a ship in the atlanic and declared a "sea grave" instead of burying the bodies on the islands once argentina refused to accept those bodies and return them to their families
@Demo Just so you know, there have been many territory claims between Argentina and Chile for years, actually. Nevertheless, I think the comparison is not applicable for the islands' situation and status. There is a difference: Argentinian, Chilean and Uruguayan ancestors go back to the beginning of the Spanish colonization of America, while the british were settled in the islands after expelling the Argentinians in 1833. I agree it was a fight against piracy... the British are masters on that issue. if not... on what basis was the British Empire built?
Two things: the British pilots were exponentially better trained than the Argentine pilots. Second, the Argentines got revenge by stoning the cars of a British TV show thirty years later, must have felt great to finally even the scales against three middle aged men driving those dangerous cars through that country...
They lost all there best pilots in the first few days you could see the change of tactics when attacking the ships at st Carlos 3 to 4 days after the landings
I understand the Sidewinder version we used on our Sea Harriers was your very latest or advanced version, which had significant advantages over previous models. So, thanks guys, for the use of. You’ll understand we couldn’t return all of them in pristine condition…
Wars don't just happen, politicians start them and the military end them. Same nonsense across ages, for gold, for a lover, jealousy, wealth, treason, hubris and so on while the dog face cleans up their mess.
I have met the guy who was shot down over Falkland. He was a fighter pilot, now retired and lives in Switzerland. I was just the delivery guy that brought him new sofa and somehow I saw skin injuries, when I asked him what was it from , he told me he was a pilot over Falkland. That guy lived thru some bad shit. He was baddly injured.
the guy youre referring to is Simon Weston.....but he wasnt a pilot and i doubt he lives in Switzerland. On the ship that was struck.(if there had been a pilot sustained those types of injuries i think we'd have known about it)
If you know someone who was involved for the UK in the Falklands War, please let them know that in the RU-vid comments section (and on the internet in general) there is huge gratitude and amazement for what they did. I was only 3 yrs old in 1982 and I’m now binge watching videos about it all. The sacrifice that our armed forces made was immense and it will NEVER be forgotten.
Yeah , amazing, don't you dare compare to our pilots and by the way, thank our argentine-british pilots during WWII who fought alongside with yours in the 164 argentine-britsh squadron
I worked in Argentina as a British worker shortly after the war ....all I will say is google the `Ocean guardian drilling platform `...it was all about oil...what i say that does in not in any way take away the bravery of the individual military personnel involved .....they were incredibly brave....and along the way saved many British nationals from a fate we know not ...all wars suck
Im am argentine and a survivor of enforced dissapearance and torture. The Argentinian State was an enemy of the British, but, also, an enemy of his own people. The argentinian fake-democracy its the rule of narcos and other south american political-mafias. i was kidnaped under the rule of Cristina Kirchner and Mauricio Macri. They came at night, without uniforms, without any kind of warrant, without legal-procedure witnesses, and with covered faces. The leader was a former chief of the police of Rosario (the argentinian Sinaloa). Now he is jailed, sentenced for narco and conspirancy. But I was dissapeared by years. Thousands were killed by this criminal organization. God bless this warrior piots, because they save the honest people of the Falklands. I really hope they never ever fell in the hands of this Terror-State, The narco-ruled-pseudo-democracy of Argentina. Argentinian pilots were brave, but they foght for the bad guys. If argentina had won this war, many Falklands childrens will die of hunger, and 60% of the survivors will live his life in poverty or misery, under the rule of mafias.
@@noodlefringe1802 so?, with that criteria, Ukraine is Russian territory, Midway islands Japan territory and Taiwan, Chinese. Stop coping, you are pirates and invaders. End of.
An aircraft with new technology can be bought, but not the bravery and honor of a few pilots willing to be respected and not give up, even in very inferior conditions. ¡Honor y Gloria a Nuestros Halcones!
I think I said this on another video about the Falklands War, but my dad used to work with a Veteran of the Falklands War. From what I've heard, the fighting war brutal. My dad is also a combat veteran, although from a different war, and I know they find comfort in each other, having gone through the same or similar experiences. Even though I'm neither a soldier, a UK citizen, or Gods greatest child, I'd like to salute those who gave their all. If they're willing to tell you, listen to their stories, no matter what side they fought for.
The battle of Goose Green, took place on a near bowling green. I knew a Para called "Tracey" who was their and was carrying the Radio Pack, when the shout came in the "H" was down. "no cover, no trenches, we jumped into every divot, and hoped our arses didn't stick out in the air too much".
@@loes3000 We'll just send one of our agents currently residing in the states such as John Oliver, Wayne Rooney, or one of the many actors who you probably think are American because they use American accents in films, to sneak into the white house and burn it down or fly over it with incendiaries.
I've read a lot of the Royal Navy's (or Sharkey Ward to be precise) disdain over the RAF, in particular towards the Harrier GR3 crews and this model's capabilities. As much as I admire the Royal Navy and Ward for what they done, I found Ward's words towards the GR3 and its crews to be harsh, especially since Dave Morgan was actually RAF and that the Harrier GR3 and its crews were (from what I know of) more capable than the Harrier FRS1 in air-to-ground roles and whose pilots were incredibly experienced in that role. Regardless of what was said, I still admire them and am incredibly proud.
there is no areal combat in this vide, you are seeing footage of the ships , SAM action.. the harriers would not venture in the SAM envelope to not confused SAM targetting. the NAS 801 harriers got the argies on egress and made em jettison their ordnance NAS800 off Hermes always intercepted from High cap and was to late. they had to back off, let the SAM's do their work, the argies do their bombing and then shot em on egress.. the harriers in this video are random bits of footage, not Air to air combat.
Britain liberated the Argentine people from a junta that killed thousands of its people with the victory. On paper, Britain hadn't a chance of pulling this off, even US Naval experts said that. But, paper doesn't fly these aircraft, and looking at the names of the regiments en route to fight on land, being out numbered really meant little. I am not British, but what the British forces achieved is quite remarkable and I think many don't understand it.
Your correct, seems like they kept a bunch of tougher units keeping an eye on Chili. I think they never thought an invasion would happen and when the Royal Navy was close, it would have been risky sending transports over. I think the conscripts found the Islands to be a miserable posting., much different then they imagined.
I do think most American's just did not know, especially 30 years ago, our govt could be involved in such things we would find offensive. We are not so trusting anymore. Argentina from what I have seen for years is held in high regard with most Americans.
I remember from military aviation magazines at the time that they said the new sidewinders could hit when pointed within 15 degrees of the target - he just said he was 19 degrees off target and it still tracked. Goes to show that any quoted specifications are usually down-played.
dpolww dw I remember watching a news clip showing the gurkas sharpening their Kukri, this then was broadcasted to the Argentinians just to demoralise them.
As a Army Reservist, I saw some Gurkas from Singapore [I think] training at Puckapunyal Army Base, Victoria, Australia, late '80's early 90's, and one of the girls said "Help, we been invaded!", well she was a bit "dippy", strawberry blonde and all that, so we had to set her straight that they were Gurkas, best damn soldiers and bravest allies you could ever wish for. Pity those unfortunates who have to face Gurkas in battle.
I could believe that, I have worked with 3 ex Gurkhas, super blokes, and actually very gentle, when they are your friends. But one always got the feeling, don't upset them lol.
Argentine air force were using old mirage jets that were no match for harrier. They know that when they go for fight, they probably are not coming back but they still put up fight. Great respect for Argentine air force.
The mirage was actually classed as better than the harriers, its just the argentinian pilots didnt know how to fight harriers, whereas the harriers did know how to fight mirages
The RAF have a lot of respect for the Argentine pilots, particularly those that flew in the Falklands. Aside from the harrier being a spectacular and revolutionary piece of British Engineering it was also incredibly difficult to fly and master-it holds the record for the most training fatalities. Therefore the British didn’t just send any RAF pilots, they sent the best. So, the Argentines weren’t only up against the harrier, but some of the most experienced RAF pilots; and the RAF in itself is revered and globally respected. They had balls the Argies, you’ve got to give them that.
@@agus_pax8796 What? If the Falklands said they want to be independent fair enough, but whilst under British sovereignty anyone attacks it they are essentially attacking GB. Nothing to do with mighty and unbeatble card. We didn't lose anything mate, we gave countries indepence who wanted it, most of them have gone downhill since leaving but that is another story. Wanting independence is very different to being attacked by a random country who decides that they want to take British sovereignty. Think about it.
One of the top five fighter jets ever designed and produced ,an absolutely incredible aircraft capable of pulling off manoeuvres like no other, before or since ..
Yes, the Harrier, though a turbo jet, had twice the power of the Phantom. Its turbo jet being a plus with shear acceleration but also made it less streamlined to achieve supersonic speeds.
The SeaHarrier also has the distintion of having the last ever (so far) gunkill of a fighter against another ..as one shot down an A-4 with its 30mm guns..
When i saw the Argentine jets explode i had a feeling i have almost never felt before. It was sadness because this is the first time i have seen an actual person die and thinking about it doesnt get you this feeling. It takes until you actually see it. Just another thing tl show that war is bad unless it is completely necessary. Respect to both countries. I love Argentina and i feel bad for the pilots. The way how they flew showed that they probably had no idea thst a missle was coming. Early warning systems were either not invented or it wasnt as good as today. Argentina! And Uk! 🇬🇧
They knew those missiles were coming,their headset would have been going crazy telling them a missile was locked on and incoming,just nothing they could do about it.
Im am argentine and a survivor of enforced dissapearance and torture. The Argentinian State was an enemy of the British, but, also, an enemy of his own people. The argentinian fake-democracy its the rule of narcos and other south american political-mafias. i was kidnaped under the rule of Cristina Kirchner and Mauricio Macri. They came at night, without uniforms, without any kind of warrant, without legal-procedure witnesses, and with covered faces. The leader was a former chief of the police of Rosario (the argentinian Sinaloa). Now he is jailed, sentenced for narco and conspirancy. But I was dissapeared by years. Thousands were killed by this criminal organization. God bless this warrior piots, because they save the honest people of the Falklands. I really hope they never ever fell in the hands of this Terror-State, The narco-ruled-pseudo-democracy of Argentina. Argentinian pilots were brave, but they foght for the bad guys. If argentina had won this war, many Falklands childrens will die of hunger, and 60% of the survivors will live his life in poverty or misery, under the rule of mafias.
@@leemason5953wrong, sidewinder is heat seeking and argeninians did not have radar warning receivers either. May be the pilot did see it, may be not. Argentinians reached the fleet with the minimum fuel just to drop bombs and get back. They had no fuel for dog fighting, just for some evasive maneuvers while coming back and barely reach the base again. They went anyway to the limit and attacked impossible missions, against all odds, and that is why they even surprised the Royal Navy.
@@smaraggi that is correct. Argentina used ad-hoc modified brit bombs originally designed to destroy ground targets. Only 5 exocets and a lot of courage. Impossible to win with an international embargo.
What a legacy... After HMS Hermes was inducted into the Indian Navy as INS Viraat and we had this aircraft carrier and the Sea Harriers in-service for a long time !
I'm pretty sur I owe my life to a FAA pilot. A4 saw me and a couple of guys in the open and turned towards us. At that moment the Argentine pilot and us saw a Harrier about a mile out. The Argentine aircraft aborted his intended mission and fucked off with a Harrier on his tail. (They both disappeared behind mountains so I don't know the outcome). Many thanks FAA.
What you been smokin' Allah? You f@cking MUST have been stoned making that STUPID comment. (Just a (very) simple child who knows NOTHING). Haha. What a mug. :-(
Only reason it is pronounced "leftenent" is because if you pronounce it correctly it sounds too french or German and as brits we can't have any of that.
I remember seeing harriers for the first time at Farnborough airshow in the mid sixties, all the crowd was facing the runway a further away was a clum of trees, suddenly about four harriers came from behind the trees, iit was like something from war of the worlds, they did there routine then came down the runway at about 100 ft simultaneously turning towards the crowd bowing then flying off, amazing
You never forget your first real life Harrier. 1990, Portsmouth Harbour "Navy Day", Sea Harrier, swoops in and goes into a hover. All the air molecules in your lungs vibrate. She bows, and gracefully pulls up and away.
Sea Harriers did the business in the air and HMS Conqueror kept their fleet in harbour. Well done Royal Navy, without you it would have been an impossible war.
harriers were the best warplanes at the time . amazing machines and they look sexy but when it comes to pilots argentine were and still the best . and i didnt said that . ww2 fighter Pierre Clostermann ACE Combat
@@0riginalFIR3 The AIM 9L was no advantage since it was new and untried, almost all the kills were from directly behind and some of them using the Cannon not missiles
@@jaxric8518 All air to air casualties were by the Sea Harrier, the AIM 9 L was untried and not reliable so the kills were all by getting behind, not using the supposed all aspect ability of the AIM 9 L. I guess we should be very thankful for all the help like Britain having to lay down the law so they could use their own territory the Ascension Islands. As usual the Yanks want to take all the credit.
Fortunately this wouldnt happen again with Britains modern war fighting capabilities. Back then in the 80’s, NATO forces where dedicated to fighting off a Soviet invasion. Therefore Britain was tasked with defending the Greenland-Uk gap, preventing Soviet subs from access to the high seas. Our carriers werent really carriers, their designation was ‘through deck cruisers’ and were designed to hunt Soviet submarines. Also, the Exocet anti ship missile was recently invented and no navy in the world knew just how devastating they would be and Royal Navy ships were built very light and lightly defended against air attacks. We were lucky we still had HMS Hermes, our last true carrier and if the Argentines would have waited a year then we wouldn’t have had the Hernes as it was due to be sold to India where it served as the INS Viraat in later years. This war was a very important war for the Western NATO forces and many lessons where learned. Royal Navy personnel were given flame retardant uniforms as the ones in the falklands melted to sailors skins in a fire. The real threat of anti ship missiles became apparent which had led to the Royal Navy building the Type 45, simply the most formidable anti air destroyer ever made. The threat of modern submarines was rammed homed with the fact that HMS Conquerer kept the entire Argentine fleet out of the war has led us to build the Astute class Nuclear Attack Sub. And of course the war showed us how, as an island nation, we rely on a strong Navy with capable aircraft carriers. If Argentina tried now to attack the Falklands, well, it just wouldnt happen. The HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier Battle Group has around 4 times the combat power as the entire task force had back in 1982.
l can't avoid reading anything but hateful comments from both the Argentinian and the British. As a 17 year old Argentine first, and as a global citizen second, I can not help but wondering why so much hate towards people who fought an unfair war. We were ruled at the time by our most violent military regime ever, who thought would be a good propaganda to kick the british out of Falklands and win the favor of the people. However, for this task they sent only our professional air force, as our ground troops were just conscripted kids, most of which didn't even know what the Falklands were. This was necessary for the regime in order yo keep peace at home as there were a lot of these young people fighting in guerrilla and paramilitary forces; besides, our true proffesional army was left behind in Buenos Aires in order to protect the regime. Besides, there is so much ignorance in this comment section I would urge everybody to go and get informed a bit before saying, for example, that britain was responsible for us freeing ourselfs from the military regime. If you went through all of this, then thanks for reading and have a nice day :D
alberto crlin The point is that your country attacked us and killed our boys. So, we retaliated and booted you back off the island. Your country attacked ours, so of course we are a bit pissed. People died unnecessarily because of your countries actions, not mine.
Number one the Falklands are British! the dictator you had wanted only to divert discontent in Argentina (los desaparecidos ) so he tried to pitch Latinos against the British???????
Well said Alberto. Too much silliness going o here. Another case of the Lying Politicians getting loads of their people killed by lying to them. . .Just like the Gulf war. . .Lies. 'Iraq can deploy weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes' Yeah, Right. So they took out Saddam. THAT TURNED OUT WELL DIDN'T IT ? Then the did it again with Libya.. . . Now we have a tsunami of Migrants coming thru Libya to flood Europe with their jihadism.. . . .Politicians ?. . . .! WHY NOT SHOOT ALL OF THEM maybe we'd have some peace for a while. . .?
Steve Sheppard "Our country"? It was a military regime at that time and a dictatorship; They killed your boys and they also killed our boys by starting this stupid an unnecessary war. But don't blame the whole country and it's people for something that obviously was out of their choice or control. As a 23 years old argentinian, I don't hate British nor it's people, actually I visited it, everyone was kind and had a great time there. I invite you to do the opposite and visit Argentina, You'll be surprised. The point, 35 years past the war, is that we need to stop hating each other. Have a nice day.
Hello chaps! Just a small point for clarification: Lefftenant Commahnder is the correct pronunciation. I think you’ll find Loo tenants are people who occupy public conveniences. Toodle pip.
The Argentine Air Force was the only professional branch. The Army and Navy was in a bad shape since they specialized in taking the local government by force instead of training to fight foreign forces LOL
@@arielgoldfarb4118 no Es mentira, no teníamos casi soldados profesionales la mayoría eran conscriptos, y no teníamos casi navíos de guerra equipados con misiles y torpedos, los aviones no tenían casi misiles guiados por infrarrojo solo teníamos un par de exocet , teníamos bombas activadas por temporizador que al volar bajo no explotaban, los asientos eyectables estaban vencidos si le tiraban el avión más que seguro el piloto moría, y así. Solamente teníamos pilotos buenos, sin desmerecer a todos los otros que lucharon que también son héroes, sería mentira llamar profesional a las otras fuerzas
@@jackdanila9893Mentira en tierra el armamento era casi el mismo. Los ingleses si tenían visores nocturnos para apuntar y nosotros solo para ver. El resto del armamento era el mismo. Respecto a las fuerzas aeronavales si había diferencia y los aviones eran viejos pero así y todo los ingleses tuvieron las mayores pérdidas materiales y humanas desde la segunda guerra mundial algo que nunca jamás los políticos y los civiles ingleses chauvinistas admitirán solo los veteranos británicos que si saben lo que fue lo dicen. En 2 meses tuvieron las mismas pérdidas que en todas las guerras coloniales anteriores desde 1945 de años de duración. Respecto al mito de los "chicos" de Malvinas que se meaban de miedo y se la pasaban llorando TODO MENTIRA lo mismo sobre la falta de profesionalidad de los oficiales y sino habla con veteranos de Malvinas. Los ingleses casi pierden la guerra y eso es todo. Con todos sus recursos y superioridad y ayuda casi la terminan perdiendo sino la guerra al menos la batalla de Malvinas. Basta de ensalzar a potencias extranjeras. Los ingleses han perdido cientos de batallas en su historia pero son inteligentes y muy buenos en marketing y se saben vender igual que los yanquis. En cambio nuestra cultura de mierda del lamento y de tirarse abajo y pobres de nosotros y los 500 años y bla bla bla me tiene los huevos llenos el eterno lamento hispanoamericano.
I love the British. They are the best. I can only thank you guys for everything you do to help us Americans in every conflict we have ever had. I have the up most respect for you. Thank you.
John Stots You know the history of both the islands & the invasion right? Galtieri had his arse on the fire in Argentina & needed a distraction to take the Argentinian people's minds off of the political and economic situation *THAT* is why he launched the invasion! Britain or is bankers had no desire for that to happen or hand in making it happen. You are making a fool of yourself.
I want you english people to know, Argentina was under a dictatorship these days, so none of the ones who started that war were real president, they just took the control by force.
English?? - it was the British armed forces and an island where the Islanders want to be British - not sure why you single the English out - 3 other nations make up the British armed forces mate.
That's absolutely right. The Argentines are a lovely, warm, civilised people and Argentina is a fabulous country to visit. They have been badly let down by their so-called rulers, as we have in the UK (perhaps to a lesser extent, who knows).
@@garwhittaker3743 South America was taken by Spain, then the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata was created and then the countries began to form, you should read a little history before commenting
Argentina should be ashamed sending in the young troops poor training but big heart. We did very well as the distance was crazy for a small nation we do hold our own Thanks lads Rest in peace to all the fallen on both sides
Once went to the British Grand Prix at Brands. By far the highlight of the day was a dis[play by a Harrier, hovering like an alien spaceship above the trees.
i like how the video claims that the mirage iii was the better aircraft in every way but doesn't mention that the harrier had one of the best missile at its time.
+acbulgin2 Very well said, pilot skill is almost always the most important factor. Who sees whom first is also huge and is related to pilot skill as well. You sound like someone who knows what he is talking about.
you might be killed by who?? Dude you're talking about an infrared homing missile against a freakin machine gun!! Its funny how you all claim Arg pilots were taken down cause they had no training but forget that argentinean pilots took off everytime on a fuckin 60's plane, knowing they had no fire back power (no guided missiles), no radar, no locking alert, and almost no fuel to come back to base. SO FUCK OFF THE BRITISH BRAVERY!!! kisses.
+Nico You might be interested to learn that in Vietnam the earliest model of the F4 Phantom lacked a machine gun (a real bonehead move by the aircraft designers), and despite having the newest missiles of the day, it did not perform particularly well at that time in terms of its loss ratio vs. Vietnamese MIG's, many of which only used a machine gun and 30mm cannon. Also, many Phantom pilots discovered that dogfighting often led to ranges which were too close to use missiles. Parenthetically, once the F4 was given an internal machine gun and its tactics were better adjusted to its performance strengths it established a much better kill ratio. So, it's not as simple as you make it sound. Finally, as a matter of historical record, the British have indeed been consistently brave and successful for well over 500 years, going back to Agincourt, Crecy, and beyond. VERY few nations on Earth (if any) can make a similar claim!
acbulgin2 Well, I wouldn't say "always," buddy -- have you ever watched the "World at War" series, narrated by Olivier? There have actually been several series on the US cable tv Military History Channels (and the Smithsonian channel) over the years that are respectable, objective, and not sensationalistic, and include input from highly regarded experts and historians in the field. I also recommend "Clash of Wings," and "Battle of the Atlantic," among many others...
The sea harrier could outrun the F4 Skyhawk and it could outclimb both the F4 Skyhawk and Mirage III. The harrier also had the ability to make impossible turns and rapidly decelerate mid-air due to its vectoring thrust nozzles. That and it's bigger than 1 thrust to weight ratio made it a formidable dogfighter. It might not have had all the advantages, but it had a lot of advantages.
Florian Bösch add to that the aim sidewinder which were top of the spear when talking of fire and forget at that time. Also argentinan planes didn't even had warning system when they were being locked by any kind of missiles.
+Florian Bosch True, you make a number of excellent points. But the British kill rate of 21 to 0 is still very impressive, no? Ha. Even the Polish Air Force in 1939 shot down some German fighters, by comparison.
Hold on that thought: Only one Mirage was shot down during the entire war. The 20+ other aircraft destroyed are american-made light bombers which were absolutely not made for air combat.
+TwoFistsOneHalleluja If that's true, that's a reasonable point, but the Air to Air kill ratio still demonstrates that the Argentinian pilots (including those in the Mirage fighters) were either unwilling or unable to effectively engage the British fighters, because the British fighter losses were ZERO. You call the A4 Skyhawk "light bombers absolutely not made for air combat" but that's not exactly true, the A4 was a highly maneuverable fighter which served as a Mig-17 replacement in the US "Top Gun" fighter training school. Of course, everything the A4 did well, the Harrier did better, but the A4 was still capable of air to air dogfighting (unlike pure bombers like the A6 or A7), and better pilots in A4's would have done better than the Argentinians did!
"If that's true" It is. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_air_forces_in_the_Falklands_War#Units You'll see Argentina lost two mirages III. If you pursue your navigation to the Mirage III page, you'll see one of these two was destroyed by friendly fire while landing and only one was actually destroyed in a dogfight. The Mirage III is an interceptor designed around the idea that it would one day have to shoot down soviet bombers over Europe. The brits knew that very well and were smart enough to remain far out on the ocean, just outside of the Mirage's reach, for most of the war. They lost two large ships, some 40+ men and 6 choppers to two Super Etendards with Exocet missiles tho. So it's kind of missleading that this video would first mention the Mirages (who were mostly used for intimidation), instead of the Skyhawks (who were the ones getting shot down) or the Super Etendards (who were the ones killing brits). Sounds a bit like the authors want us to believe that the harriers downed 21 Mirages.
I watched a spanish air force Harrier at farnborough 2 years ago. It absolutely stole the show - put the eurofighter in the shade - the pilot hovered about 20M above ground for 2 minutes - incredible power and control.
Commander Sharkey Ward of 801 squadron wrote a book detailing his wartime experiance from onboard HMS Invicible, great read. Sea Harrier Over the Falklands
Harrier is one of the best fighter it's ever been made for its time and still been used and looks good and Falkland war with legendary Vulcan and specially aerial re feuding it's something extraordinarily
The Fact none was shot down in AA combat is testimony to the skills of the pilots who flew them. The harrier literally was a sitting duck with many disadvantages. I think In this instance the Argentina’s got caught by surprise. The British pilot even said he spotted the Four planes visually, so neither knew by radar or had any previous warnings. The Argentinians were on a bombing run.
The many Royal Navy ships had radars and could tell the Harriers where to go, even tell them exactly what height and speed and direction the enemy was travelling. The last part was visual detection, as cloud in the area would have prevented the enemy from attempting a bombing run, meaning no fight, no victory.
You don't understand a dam thing do you...? Is it ok for me to say to all the peaceful Muslims, Africans, Indians or who ever else in my country (England) go back home? Our generation is never responsible for a generation hundreds of yrs ago and if we all felt like that we would all feel the German 'angst' which I have empathy for. Americans built America and it has been a country to be in awe of and they have been strong during very hard times also.
I remember this war and the pride it brought out in the English people, actually I should say the people of the UK. It was very uncertain at first wether we could pull it off so far from home and that was what the Argentinians were banking on too. The part played by all UK armed services is worthy of recognition but the pilots of the Harrier came out of this as real heroes.
The argentinian pilots really admired the skill with which the RAF flew these aircraft, although it wasnt a fair fight most times, you really had to have your aim on point and sharpened if you had to take down an enemy aircraft at 7gs with your cannons
The SAS, and ground forces had to fight CQC in stip hills and hand to hand combat, shoot the enemy at like 1m away, and you call this guys heroes? lol You insult Those people who died in those hills.
@@AceKitties Without the air cover of the Harriers, the SAS wouldnt have been able to take those hills in the first place, because the landing craft and heicopters that carried those soldiers would have been destroyed. Air cover is key, and there are few that can provide it as effectively as the RAF.
@@therealmp40 no pilot fires anything at 7G. Why wasn't it a fair fight? The Argentinians had some good aircraft and were not 8000 miles from home, it was the UK that was at a disadvantage.
Awesome vid! ... I have his book about flying the Sea Harrier. HMS Invincible visited NZ I have a mate who was Tactical Radar Operator on HMS Invincible during the Falklands War he didn't know if he was going to live or die!.. thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿
When I was young and uneducated, I loved the victory in the Falklands over, what I saw as the “evil” of Argentina. Then I grew up and realised that there can rarely be a true victory in war. Argentina is a sleeping powerhouse. Maybe not in a military sense, but definitely as a economical power. Britain has a strained relationship with Argentina but in distant history, we were very close. Britain took the railways to Argentina and their beef trade stems from the Scottish Angus breed of cattle. A working partnership between our nations would, I think, be very beneficial to us both.
nice analisis. the decline of argentina to an extent is also explained by the rise of the usa of an hegemonic power and the retraction of the uk, all this after ww1.
When General Mario Menendez surrendered his forces, he went against established Argentine military doctrine. Surrender is only an option when casualties reach 50 percent and when expended ammunition reaches 75 percent. Prior to the surrender, General Galtieri in Buenos Aires had a heated telephone exchange with Menendez, demanding the latter fight to the last man. By that time, Argentine military discipline and morale had already broken down. British forces captured over four million rounds of 7.62MM and 11,000 105MM rounds, 14 flyable helicopters among other hardware.
VIPICCB6 US Navy orders marines to pack themself with bio weapon and that is Covid19. Can attack without declaration of war. Japan’s second outbreak was arised from US troops. On god I pray them.
Vines BR what a dick typical SJW behaviour ok the British asked the island that is the Falklands do you wanna be British or argentine they voted and 99% voted to be British so Argentina invaded so yes the British went over and killed folk this war and the dead are on Argentinas head not theres
Well, this is a new take on the war, isn't it! Other British military men praised Argentina's Air Force. Here, one man single-handely won the fight very much like the hero of a cheap Hollywood blockbuster action movie.
