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	Falklands War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The war was triggered by the occupation of South Georgia by Argentine forces on 19 March 1982 followed by the occupation of the Falklands, and ended with Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982.
		Argentine intelligence officers had been working with the CIA to help fund the Contras in Nicaragua, and the Argentine government believed it might be rewarded for this activity by non-interference on the part of the U.S. if it invaded the Falklands.
		The Argentine loss of the War led to ever-larger protests against the military regime and is credited with giving the final push to drive out the military government that had overthrown Isabel Perón in 1976 and participated in the crimes of the Dirty War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falklands_War (10289 words)

	Comments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) was an aircraft carrier in the Armada Republica Argentina from 1969 to 1999.
		During the Falklands War, the Veinticinco de Mayo was deployed in a task force north of the Falkland Islands, with the ARA General Belgrano to the south.
		In 1983, the Veinticinco de Mayo was modified to operate the newly Dassault Super Étendard jets but soon later, problems in her engines largely confined to port and was more or less unseaworthy.
	krisandapril.blogdrive.com /comments?id=14 (393 words)

	HMS Conqueror (S48) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was ordered to scan the area for Argentine shipping, particularly the Argentine aircraft carrier, ARA Veinticinco de Mayo.
		The basis for the decision was that the Royal Navy feared a pincer-style attack with Belgrano attacking from the south, and the Veinticinco de Mayo from the north.
		The crew of the submarine had to face Argentine Air Force attempts to locate the ship in the days after the attack, which had shocked the Argentine people and ruling dictatorship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Conqueror_(S48) (563 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Britain\rquote s carrier streng th was limited and it did not yet have early-warning radar aircraft, both of which meant that its ability to achieve air supremacy could not be taken for granted.
		He believed that the Argentine Navy\rquote s familiarity with United States strategy would lead them to assume that such a landing would be made the American way, going straight for the main target and relying on superior fire power to protect the landing force.
		Argentine planes did attack the ships which were bombarding Port Stanley, and one sailor was wounded: the first British casualty in the fighting.
	www.univ-pau.fr /enbas/parsonsesse.rtf (3363 words)

	A-4_Skyhawk - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The aircraft is of conventional post-WW2 design, with a low-mounted delta-like wing, tricycle undercarriage, and a single turbojet engine in the rear fuselage, with intakes on the fuselage sides.
		This allowed the aircraft to be used as a tanker for others of the same type, removing the need for entirely different tanker aircraft - a particular advantage for small air arms or when operating in remote locations.
		This worked by designating a tanker aircraft and fitting it with a centre-mounted "buddy store" that was a large external fuel tank with a hose reel in the aft section and an extensible drogue type refuelling bucket.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=A-4_Skyhawk (3542 words)

	Argentine Aircraft in the Falklands
		The Argentine Navy organized a combined strike against the British aircraft carriers: eight A-4Qs belonging to the 3rd Air Naval Fighter and Strike Squadron on board the Argentine carrier, ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, and two Super Etendards from Río Grande Air Naval Base would attack at the same time on May 2nd.
		The aircraft were piloted by Corvette Captain Roberto Agotegaray and Warship Lieutenant Juan Rodríguez Mariani, who took off in the first hours of the evening, and the meeting with the KC-130H was completed without problems, but when both planes reached the target area they did not find anything.
		Many specialists said that the Argentine pilots misidentified the small flight deck of the anti-submarine helicopter with the flight deck of the carrier, and wrongly thought that the smoke of the curtain was cause by the Exocet hit.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Falklands/Exocet.html (3945 words)

	Aircraft Carriers and the Falklands Conflict
		Together with the conversion of Albion, Bulwark and Hermes into commando carriers during the 1960's and the cancellation of the CVA programme meant that the Ark Royal and Eagle would be Britain's last true aircraft carriers.
		Veinticinco De Mayo, the largest unit in the Argentine Navy, was no exception.
		Finally, the Veinticinco De Mayo was laid up in 1993, plans to refit her for further service never materialised and in December 1998 she left Argentina bound for the scrapyard at Alang, India.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Feature/falk.htm (2086 words)

	Huser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Argentine commitment of military forces to UN peacekeeping operations has meant that from early 1994 until mid-1995, when Argentine contributions were at their highest, Argentina contributed about 2 percent of "blue helmets" at a time when UN forces were at their peak around the world.
		Argentine participation in UN operations became a constant on the international scene in a wide variety of contexts.
		The Argentine peacekeeping efforts have modified perspectives on security at both the regional and hemispheric levels, and the likelihood is that this will continue to be the case, particularly in the naval realm.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/1998/summer/art4su98.htm (5462 words)

	Gallery
		She was caught and sunk near Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by Japanese carrier aircraft during the Japanese carrier raid into the Indian Ocean in spring 1942.
		HMS Furious, Aircraft Carrier 1918 - A carrier with an island in the middle of the flight deck.
		This model of the original carrier for the USN was scratch-built and donated to the museum by CDR Josiah "Cy" Kirby, USNR (Ret).
	www.steelnavy.com /gallery_aircraft_carriers.htm (3865 words)

	25 de Mayo
		Originally a sister ship to the Brazilian Minas Gerais, the 25° de Mayo was completed as the Royal Navy's carrier HMS Venerable, which was sold to the Netherlands in 1948 as the Karel Doorman.
		The vessel was sold to Argentina as the Veinticinco de Mayo (25° de Mayo) on 15 October 1968.
		The carrier supported the original Argentine landings on the Falklands, but was not used to any great extent during the Falklands war.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/argentina/25-de-mayo.htm (584 words)

	MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
		The Express article quotes the Argentine Deputies’ motion as saying the Belgrano did not represent a military threat, that the British submarine, HMS Conqueror, whose two torpedoes sank the cruiser, did not issue “a previous warning or ultimatum” and that it left the scene without attempting to rescue the Argentine crew.
		British commanders were convinced the Argentine fleet was engaged in a menacing pincer movement led by the aircraft carrier, Veinticinco de Mayo, in the north and the Belgrano in the south.
		The aircraft carrier was the prime target and would also have been sunk if detected by British submarines.
	www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=5786 (1744 words)

	Jordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		While aircraft carriers enable the projection of airpower well beyond a nation’s shores without reliance on host-nation support, they have a major problem: they are expensive.
		It does not claim to be definitive but seeks to inform, highlighting in particular the manner in which the aircraft carrier has returned to the core of British military thinking as Britain adjusts to the conditions likely to pertain in the first two decades of the twenty-first century.
		The aircraft (as the Eurofighter) was meant to serve with the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy; the vigorous disputes over which country should lead the design led to the project’s first acronym, FEFA (Future European Fighter Aircraft), being rendered in some aviation journals in unflattering ways.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/2001/Summer/art5-su1.htm (10385 words)

	Battle for the Falklands II - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		ARA Veinticinco de Mayo was the Argentine light fleet aircraft-carrier.
		This long-held popular belief in the Argentine sovereignty of the Falklands was cynically exploited by the ruling military Junta in an effort to divert attention from internal problems and to give the people and the Junta a common goal.
		The Argentine defenders resisted with courage and tenacity and the assault degenerated into brutal hand-to-hand combat, with the defence trenches being cleared by bullet, grenade and bayonet.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/Battle-for-the-Falklands-II-208690.html (1608 words)

	Falklands Sub War
		The Argentine cruiser sank rapidly thereafter, although her escort did try to sink the Conqueror with depth-charges they were unsuccessful.
		The loss of one of its most prestigious units probably caused the Argentine Navy to recall its other units, including their only aircraft carrier, the Veinticinco de Mayo to port.
		Argentine submarines continued to pose a threat to the task force, but no successful attacks were carried out.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Falklands/sub.html (401 words)

	A-4 Skyhawk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		An initial order of 20 aircraft was made in 1966 comprising 16 single-seaters and 4 trainers, with the first delivered on November 22, 1967.
		The Navy operated the planes from the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, and based them at the naval air station HMAS Albatross near Nowra.
		The Skyhawk was featured in some movies, most notabily being the Agressor aircraft used by instructors in the hit movie Top Gun, also its heavily used in the anime series Area 88, and the downing of a Skyhawk is the starting point of the movie and book Sum of all fears.
	xyz.dushu.info /en/A-4C_Skyhawk.htm (3239 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Editorial
		That country's rhetoric traditionally claimed the islands as Argentine property, and in early 1982, the military junta under Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri moved swiftly to occupy the islands.
		Once the British troops were ashore, the outcome was not in doubt, even though the Argentines had a three-to-one numerical advantage and the British had to hike 65 miles into combat -- Galtieri, not expecting a real fight, had dumped his men ashore, but not positioned or provisioned them adequately.
		The Argentines surrendered at Port Stanley on June 14, and the eventual political fallout from the brief war ended Galtieri's regime and boosted Thatcher's.
	starbulletin.com /2002/06/30/editorial/myturn.html (938 words)

	dersimdestani.info: HMS_Conqueror_(S48) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		She was ordered to scan the area for Argentine shipping, particuarly the Argentine aircraft carrier, Veinticinco de Mayo.
		However, on 30 April, she spotted the Argentine light cruiser, General Belgrano.
		The basis for the decision was that the Royal Navy feared a pincer style attack with Belgrano attacking from the South and the Vienticinco de Mayo from the North.
	www.dersimdestani.info /index.php?title=HMS_Conqueror_(S48) (511 words)

	Falkland Islands - A history of the 1982 conflict
		The first was that the Veinticinco de Mayo had originally been HMS Venerable which served in the Pacific during the closing stages of the Second World War.
		When the Argentines had bought the Veinticinco de Mayo they had sailed down the English Channel, during which the ship was given a demonstration of the Harrier and its capabilities.
		At this point the Argentine ships were not using their sonar systems, so the Captain managed to position the submarine on the cruiser's port beam with the destroyers on her starboard bow and beam.
	www.raf.mod.uk /falklands/an1.html (1525 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers List: Argentina
		Decommissioned and returned to RN 23 March 1948; commissioned 11/1948, primarily as a trials carrier.
		Refit at Devonport Dockyard 3/1952 to 8 Sept 1953.
		Commissioned as Veinticinco De Mayo 12 March 1969 but did not complete overhaul until 22 August 1969.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/argent.htm (582 words)

	Falklands/Malvinas War
		Two British attack submarines were positioned north of the Falklands to screen British ships against the main Argentinean naval task force and the aircraft carrier Veinticinco De Mayo, which had been operating in the area since 20 April.
		The Argentinean task force to the north returned to base, where it remained until the end of the war; De Mayo disembarked it’s A-4's, which operated from bases ashore for the rest of the war.
		Argentinean attack aircraft hit approximately 75 percent of British surface ships with bombs, only three British warships (one destroyer and two frigates) and two landing ships were sunk or severely damaged by bombs.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/malvinas.htm (1535 words)

	Feature Articles Index
		A look at the involvement of Aircraft Carriers and aviation related ships in the 1982 Falklands Conflict.
		From Hermes and Invincible to the Argentine carrier Veinticinco De Mayo to the merchant vessels converted into 'Harrier Carriers'.
		Charting the development of the aircraft carrier, its rise from experimental concept to capital ship and its involvement in two world wars and numerous smaller conflicts.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Feature/index.htm (341 words)

	The Argentine Military - Ex Isle Forums
		Argentina once operated an aircraft carrier, the Veinticinco de Mayo(ex British Venerable), but it was stricken and sold for scrapping in India in 1998, leaving Brazil as the only South American nation with an aircraft carrier.
		The Argentine Air Force is in a similar state to the other service arms, with older less equipment than other similar nations.
		These aircraft were upgraded locally with radar warning recivrs and new communications gear and can carry the Shafir air to air missile.
	www.exisle.net /mb/index.php?showtopic=24578 (764 words)

	HMS Venerable aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		Sold to Argentina as Veinticinco de Mayo (25° de Mayo) on 15 October 1968 and refitted with replacement boilers from the incomplete HMS Leviathan.
		In late 1994, Ficantieri of Italy was reportedly examining proposals to completely overhaul and modernize the carrier although reports suggest that lack of adequate funding (see GDI reference of 1996).
		After the war various units of the class were sold or reconstructed with angled decks or as helicopter carriers.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/Venerable.html (628 words)

	H.M.S. Vengeance
		After over two years of trying to save the former Royal Navy WW2 aircraft carrier she now like those before her becomes a pile of scrap.
		Nigel West (Military Historian) states in his book "The Secret War for the Falklands" that the Argentine Veinticinco de Mayo, ex H.M.S. Venerable was the last Colossus class afloat.
		She was in fact de-commissioned in 1986 and eventually towed to Alang in India for breaking up in 2000.
	www.hms-glory-assoc.org.uk /h_m_s__vengeance.htm (106 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers List: Netherlands
		Concept/Program: Merchant aircraft carriers converted from tankers; identical to RN Rapana class and operated under RN control, but crewed by Dutch merchant crews.
		The Merchant Aircraft Carriers (MACs) were an emergency measure to provide air support for convoys.
		Was the main unit of the Dutch navy for 20 years, and the last Dutch carrier.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/nether.htm (683 words)

	math lessons - HMS Venerable
		The third Venerable, launched in 1899, was a London-class battleship sold in 1920.
		The fourth Venerable (R63), launched in 1943, was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier.
		She was sold to the Netherlands Navy in 1948 and renamed Karel Doorman, and later sold to the Argentine Navy and renamed Veinticinco de Mayo.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/HMS_Venerable (136 words)

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