Description Following Argentina\'s military operation to take possession of the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher\'s government launched a major naval operation to return them to British rule.
FAA fighter-bomber pilots.
Initial clashes between SHARs and Argentine Mirages and Daggers on 1 May 1982 failed to eliminate the Sea Harrier defenders.
Defending the Royal Navy task force were two small squadrons totalling 20 Sea Harriers (SHARs).
Description Following Argentina\'s military operation to take possession of the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher\'s government launched a major naval operation to return them to British rule