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Sea-Based Air Power and Maritime Expeditionary Operations: U.K. Limited Naval Aviation Capability in the 1982 Falklands War

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Herwig, Holger H.
Author
Reumkens, Brock J.
Accessioned
2014-07-09T21:36:19Z
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2014-11-17T08:00:36Z
Issued
2014-07-09
Submitted
2014
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military
Falklands
1982
Harrier
Corporate
airpower
naval
Argentina
U.K.
strategy
war
Sidewinder
RAF
RN
FAA
carrier
Invincible
Hermes
Thatcher
British
AEW
conflict
Atlantic
campaign
territory
Malvinas
maritime
expeditionary
Chile
SAS
SBS
COAN
Exocet
CAP
CAS
doctrine
policy
Ascension
Stanley
logistics
geography
serviceability
adaptability
intelligence
reconnaissance
interoperability
training
Skyhawk
Mirage
Dagger
Etendard
Canberra
FACh
FAS
Crespo
Woodward
Clapp
TOAS
Reagan
Weinberger
Wideawake
Hercules
Galtieri
RFA
STUFT
HMS
TEZ
V/STOL
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History--Military
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Thesis
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Abstract
Following Argentina’s seizure of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia on 2 and 3 April 1982, the United Kingdom’s military response to reclaim these overseas territories was the launching of a large maritime expeditionary operation extending over 8,000 miles into the harsh South Atlantic. As part of this challenging military undertaking, an extensive naval Task Force was assembled and despatched to the theatre of operations. Since the greatest threat to the Task Force would come from the numerically superior Argentine aircraft based on the South American mainland, air power would play a critical role in the successful prosecution of Operation Corporate. However, geography precluded the continuous and effective involvement by land-based aircraft of the Royal Air Force in the South Atlantic. Therefore, the task of providing the U.K.’s maritime expeditionary operation with the requisite air power fell to a small number of carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft. In total, 28 Sea Harriers of the RN’s Fleet Air Arm and ten Harrier GR.3s of the RAF carried aboard two small, non-fleet aircraft carriers were called upon to support Operation Corporate. By 14 June 1982, Argentine forces on the Falklands surrendered to the U.K., thus bringing to a close a unique military campaign at the bottom of the world. This thesis argues that, despite its inability to achieve permanent air supremacy or superiority, RN and RAF sea-based air power during the 1982 Falklands War was nevertheless a crucial contributing factor in the victory over Argentina due to its effective support of the U.K.'s maritime expeditionary operation.
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University of Calgary
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Graduate Studies
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27718
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http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1609
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