Handbrake! Dassault Super Etendard Fighter-Bombers in the Falklands Malvinas War, 1982
Mariano Sciaroni & Alejandro Amendolara
“Handbrake!”: the codeword that was shouted
aboard Royal Navy ships upon the detection of an emission from the
Thomson-CSF/EMD Agave radar of the Argentine Super Étendard, which
carried the dreaded AM-39 Exocet missiles.
Argentina had bought
these aircraft and their weapons from France in 1980, assigning them to
the re- established 2nd Naval Air Fighter and Attack Squadron. Like most
Argentine military units, the 1982 conflict over the Falklands/Malvinas
conflict surprised the squadron, which was in the process of
incorporating the aircraft and missiles, arriving only a few weeks
beforehand from France.
Hastily, under the leadership of its
commander, Capitán de Fragata Jorge Luis Colombo, the squadron finished
its training and developed tactics for anti-ship attacks, deploying to
the south of Argentina.
The effort paid off. With just four
aircraft, five missiles, and ten pilots, the squadron succeeded in
sinking HMS Sheffield and the container ship Atlantic Conveyor and
conducted a long range and dangerous mission against the Carrier Battle
Group on 30 May 1982.
Using declassified Argentine and British
documentation, as well as interviewing pilots and technicians (French
and Argentine) this book details, as never before, the history of this
elite military unit from 1980 to the present, with a focus on the 1982
conflict over the Falklands/Malvinas, and the five missions flown.
It
is the story of a military unit that revolutionized modern naval
warfare, addressing both the military equipment involved and the people
who were there. Known as the Lora (after the squadron badge showing a
female parrot armed with a club), the squadron terrorized British
sailors in the South Atlantic and is still in service with the Naval
Aviation of the Argentine Navy.
aboard Royal Navy ships upon the detection of an emission from the
Thomson-CSF/EMD Agave radar of the Argentine Super Étendard, which
carried the dreaded AM-39 Exocet missiles.
Argentina had bought
these aircraft and their weapons from France in 1980, assigning them to
the re- established 2nd Naval Air Fighter and Attack Squadron. Like most
Argentine military units, the 1982 conflict over the Falklands/Malvinas
conflict surprised the squadron, which was in the process of
incorporating the aircraft and missiles, arriving only a few weeks
beforehand from France.
Hastily, under the leadership of its
commander, Capitán de Fragata Jorge Luis Colombo, the squadron finished
its training and developed tactics for anti-ship attacks, deploying to
the south of Argentina.
The effort paid off. With just four
aircraft, five missiles, and ten pilots, the squadron succeeded in
sinking HMS Sheffield and the container ship Atlantic Conveyor and
conducted a long range and dangerous mission against the Carrier Battle
Group on 30 May 1982.
Using declassified Argentine and British
documentation, as well as interviewing pilots and technicians (French
and Argentine) this book details, as never before, the history of this
elite military unit from 1980 to the present, with a focus on the 1982
conflict over the Falklands/Malvinas, and the five missions flown.
It
is the story of a military unit that revolutionized modern naval
warfare, addressing both the military equipment involved and the people
who were there. Known as the Lora (after the squadron badge showing a
female parrot armed with a club), the squadron terrorized British
sailors in the South Atlantic and is still in service with the Naval
Aviation of the Argentine Navy.
卷:
28
年:
2022
出版社:
Helion and company
页:
98
ISBN 10:
1915070724
ISBN 13:
9781915070722
系列:
Latin America@War
文件:
PDF, 33.16 MB
IPFS:
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2022
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