Tag: Falklands War

• Wednesday, June 26th 2024 - 09:12 UTC

  Falklands Museum Sea Harrier and Lynx Helicopter presented in UK media

  

  Forces.net, a UK armed forces platform has published that a Royal Navy Sea Harrier and a Lynx helicopter – a combat veteran of the Falklands War – have completed their 8,000-mile journey to the Falkland Islands. The Sea Harrier ZH801 and Lynx XZ725 were taken by road on the final leg of their trip to Stanley where they will become main exhibits in the city's museum.

• Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 10:53 UTC

  Argentina arming for a new Falklands War? United States can probably prevent it

  

  By George Allison (*) - Recent moves by Argentina to renew and expand its military capabilities, including aspirations to acquire amphibious assault ships and a deal to buy retired F-16 fighter jets from Denmark, have raised eyebrows. The Falklands War of 1982 remains a defining event in the histories of the United Kingdom and Argentina.

• Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands War: Maj General Julian Thompson prepared for Mission Impossible in four days

  

  After returning from Denmark and heading to bed, Major General Julian Thompson OBE, commanding 3 Commando Brigade, received a phone call.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  Falklands: road closures on Thursday and Friday for Liberation Day celebration

  

  The Royal Falkland Island Police would like to inform the public that on Thursday 13 June 2024 between 2:00pm – 3:00pm Ross Road will be closed from Barrack Street up to Reservoir Road junction. There will be no access via Cable Street.

• Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Falklands War: partly released documents on Welsh Guard losses trigger more controversy

  

  BBC is reporting that declassified documents, --to be kept secret until 2065--, have cleared an army regiment of any blame in the biggest loss of British life during the Falklands War. Forty-eight crew were killed when the Sir Galahad, an unarmed and undefended supply ship carrying British troops to the Falklands, was hit by the Argentine air force bombs on 8 June 1982, six days before the end of the conflict.—

• Monday, May 13th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Falklands war: “The secret pact between Chile and the United Kingdom”, ex-head of Argentine Army

  

  A former commander in chief of the Argentine Army, 2003 to 2011, and Malvinas Veteran, Martín Balza in a recent column in the Buenos Aires daily Perfil, wrote a column exposing what he described as 'a secret pact between Chile and UK', to help avoid the defeat of the British Task Force in 1982 during the Falkland Islands conflict with Argentina.

• Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  Repair ship RFA Diligence, involved in Falklands and Gulf wars, sold to Turkey

  

  The Portsmouth media has reported that RFA Diligence, a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship previously involved in the Falklands and Gulf conflicts, has arrived in Turkey after being sold for recycling by the UK Defense Equipment Sales Authority (DESA).

• Wednesday, April 10th 2024 - 10:33 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Office pays tribute to veterans on reunion weekend

  

  A delegation from the Falkland Islands Government Office (FIGO) in London recently participated in the South Atlantic Medal Association (82) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Reunion Weekend held in Hull on April 6th and 7th.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2024 - 10:32 UTC

  Milei pledges to obtain a roadmap for the return of Malvinas during his mandate

  

  On the 42nd anniversary of the start of the Falklands/Malvinas war, President Javier Milei pledged that during his term in office “we will have a roadmap so that the Malvinas Islands return to Argentine hands,” underlining that the South Atlantic Islands sovereignty claim is an includible mandate for all Argentines, but for this we need “a country with a vigorous and prosperous economy” and that respects its armed forces.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2024 - 10:32 UTC

  Milei and Villarruel embrace next at the Cenotaph

  

  Taking advantage of the commemoration to honor the Heroes of Malvinas, Milei stressed the importance of a strong and prosperous economy, based on the concept of freedom to produce and trade and thus respected internationally, as the basis for ensuring that claims over the Malvinas sovereignty will be taken seriously, and with prospects of advancing. He said that a leadership that for decades only produced more poor people and made Argentina a serial defaulter, had no chances of being listened or considered.