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NamePrinciple RoleManufacturerDeployedLost
Royal Navy
Wessex HAS.3 & HU.5Westland
Fleet Air Arm
Sea Harrier FRS.1FighterBritish Aerospace286
Sea King II, IV & VASW485
LynxASWWestland~243
Wasp12
Army Air Corp
WessexASWWestland9
GazelleRecon3
Scout1
Royal Marines
GazelleRecon12
Scout6
Royal Air Force
Harrier GR.3Ground AttackHawker/British Aerospace104
C-47 ChinookTransportBoeing43
VulcanBomberAvro0
VictorTankerHandley Page0
C-130 HerculesTransportLockheed0
Nimrod MR.2Recon0
Totals34

Argentinian Aircraft

NamePrinciple RoleManufacturerOperationalLost
Air Force
Mirage III EAFighterDassault112
DaggerFighterIsrael Aircraft3411
A-4 Skyhawk BBomberDouglas3310
A-4 Skyhawk CBomberDouglas9
C-130 HerculesTransportLockheed71
KC-130H HerculesA-A RefuellingLockheed20
B707-320BReconBoeing20
Lear Jet 35APhoto ReconGates41
Canberra B.62BomberEnglish Electric62
IA-58 PucaraCASFMA~8011
IA-58 Pucara
(non-combat losses)
13
IA-50 GII
Bell 212
(non-combat losses)
2
CH-47 ChinookBoeing/Vertol
DHC-6 Twin Otterde Havilland Canada
Fokker F-27Fokker
Navy
Super EtendardAnti ShippingDassault40
A-4Q SkyhawkBomberDouglas83
S-2E TrackerReconGrumman60
P-2H NeptuneReconLockheed20
SH-3D Sea KingTransport
& ASW
Sikorsky4
SA-319B Alouette III71
MB-326/MB-339Light attackAer Macchi52/3
T-34C Turbo-MentorLight attackBeech44
Fokker F28-3000TransportFokker2/3
L188 ElectraTransport
& Recon
Lockheed2/3
HS1251
B-200Transport
B-80Transport
Sea LynxWestland21
Army
CH-47 Chinook2
SA330 PumaAerospatiale/Westland9
Augusta 1093
UH-1H IroquoisBell9
Coast Guard
PumaCSARAerospatiale/Westland31
SkyvanCSARShorts52
Civil Aircraft
Aerostar 600A
(reserve)
11
HS-125 700BBritish Aerospace1
LR 24Gates2
LR 25Gates3
LR 35Gates3
LR 36Gates1
Citation6
MU 2/60Mitsubishi3
Merlin III1
Turbo Commander AC-690T4
On Loan from Brazil to Navy
EMB 111ReconEmbraer2
Totals~28198

Notes:
Most aircraft involved were used in multiple roles, eg: Sea Harrier was used in CAP, bombing and CAS misssions.
Photos may be illustrative, that is do not show the exact marque (or even country) of the aircraft involved.
Numbers deployed and lost include carrier air wings.
Argentinian losses include those damaged, destroyed or captured on the ground.

For more on the A-4 Skyhawk, visit the Skyhawk Association web page.


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