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Which are actually a units & aircraft of the British Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and the Army Air Corps of the British Army, who opposed a Argentine Air Force that deployed during a Falklands War. Casualties & total of aircraft misplaced come as well involved.

Army Air Corps (British Army)

No. 656 Squadron Army Air Corps - (Gazelle, Scout)

Royal Marines

3 CDO Brigade Air Squadron - (Gazelle, Scout)

Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy)
No. 737 NAS - (Wessex III) No. 800 NAS - (Sea Harrier Mk I) No. 801 NAS - (Sea Harrier Mk I) No. 809 NAS - (Sea Harrier Mk I) No. 815 NAS - (Lynx Mk II and III) No. 820 NAS - (Sea King Mk II) No. 824 NAS - (Sea King Mk II) No. 825 NAS - (Sea King Mk II) No. 826 NAS - (Sea King Mk V) No. 829 NAS - (Wasp Mk I) No. 845 NAS - (Sea King Mk IV) No. 846 NAS - (Sea King Mk IV) No. 847 NAS - (Wessex V) No. 848 NAS - (Wessex V) No. 848 NAS - (Wessex V) No. 899 NAS - (Sea Harrier Mk I)

Royal Air Force

No. 1(F) Squadron - (Harrier GR3) No. 18 Squadron - (Chinook) No. 29 Squadron - (F-4 Phantom) No. 42 Squadron - (Nimrod) No. 44 Squadron - (Vulcan) No. 54 Squadron - (Vulcan) No. 55 Squadron - (Victor) No. 57 Squadron - (Victor) No. 70 Squadron - (C-130 Hercules) No. 101 Squadron - (Vulcan) No. 120 Squadron - (Nimrod) No. 201 Squadron - (Nimrod) No. 202 Squadron - (Sea King) No. 206 Squadron - (Nimrod)

Argentine Air Force and Argentine Navy

A-4 Skyhawk Aermacchi MB-339 Beechcraft T-34A Mentor C-130 Hercules Canberra Dagger Learjet 35A-L Mirage III Pucara Super Étendard

Casualties and Aircraft Losses

Britain Dead 4 Army Air Corps 5 Fleet Air Arm 2 Royal Air Force Aircraft Lost 3 Chinook A single Gazelle Nine Harriers 1 Lynx Of these Scout 5 Sea King Eight Wessex Argentina Dead 41 Argentine Air Force and Navy Aircraft Lost Twenty A-4 Skyhawk Both Aermacchi MB-339 2 Agusta A109 4 Beech T-34C 2 Bell 212 Sixteen Bell UH-IH 2 Chinook Of these C-130 Hercules Both Canberra Twenty-two Mirage III Thirteen Pucara Twelve Puma

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