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The Falklands War was predominantly a land and naval conflict, but air power played a distinct and significant role. For over thirty years, the history of the air war was dominated by coverage of the Fleet Air Arm's Sea Harriers, Operation 'Black Buck', and the work of 'Bravo November', the only Chinook helicopter to survive the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor.
It has, though, become clear from the release of the Official History and most of the contemporary files that much of the air war has been subject to some misunderstanding and misrepresentation or largely overlooked.
This talk looks at the use of air power during the war as a whole and examines how air operations contributed to Britain's victory during the war.
About David Jordan
Dr David Jordan is the Co-Director of the Freeman Air & Space Institute, King’s College London. He joined King’s Defence Studies Department in 2000. He is a Director of the RAF Centre for Air & Space Power studies, a member of the Executive Editorial Board of RAF Air & Space Power Review, and a member of the Chief of the Air Staff’s Air Power Workshop.
This lecture was first broadcast in 2022 and was organised in collaboration with the University of Wolverhampton, as part of the RAF Museum's Research Lecture Programme.
If you'd like to support the RAF Museum, you can make a donation at: support.rafmuseum.org/Donate-Now
The Falklands War was predominantly a land and naval conflict, but air power played a distinct and significant role. For over thirty years, the history of the air war was dominated by coverage of the Fleet Air Arm's Sea Harriers, Operation 'Black Buck', and the work of 'Bravo November', the only Chinook helicopter to survive the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor.
It has, though, become clear from the release of the Official History and most of the contemporary files that much of the air war has been subject to some misunderstanding and misrepresentation or largely overlooked.
This talk looks at the use of air power during the war as a whole and examines how air operations contributed to Britain's victory during the war.
About David Jordan
Dr David Jordan is the Co-Director of the Freeman Air & Space Institute, King’s College London. He joined King’s Defence Studies Department in 2000. He is a Director of the RAF Centre for Air & Space Power studies, a member of the Executive Editorial Board of RAF Air & Space Power Review, and a member of the Chief of the Air Staff’s Air Power Workshop.
This lecture was first broadcast in 2022 and was organised in collaboration with the University of Wolverhampton, as part of the RAF Museum's Research Lecture Programme.
If you'd like to support the RAF Museum, you can make a donation at: support.rafmuseum.org/Donate-Now
