British air services in the Falklands War
This is a list of the units, aircraft and casualties of the British air services in the Falklands War. The numbers in bold are the number of aircraft used in the war, the numbers in brackets are the number of lost aircraft. For a list of air forces from Argentina, see Argentine air forces in the Falklands War.
Units
Army Air Corps
- No. 656 Squadron Army Air Corps – 6, 6
Royal Marines
- 3 CDO Brigade Air Squadron – 9, 6
Fleet Air Arm
| Squadron | Aircraft | Number | Lost | Notes |
| 737 NAS | Wessex HAS.3 | 2 | 1 | HMS Antrim & HMS Glamorgan |
| 800 NAS | Sea Harrier FRS.1 | 12 | 2 | HMS Hermes. RAF personnel attached. |
| 801 NAS | Sea Harrier FRS.1 | 8 | 4 | HMS Invincible. RAF personnel attached. |
| 809 NAS | Sea Harrier FRS.1 | 8 | HMS Hermes & Invincible | |
| 815 NAS | Lynx HAS.2 and HAS.3 | 7/7 | 3 | Type 42 destroyers, Type 21 and Type 22 frigates |
| 820 NAS | Sea King HAS.5 | 9 | HMS Invincible | |
| 824 NAS | Sea King HAS.2/2A | 3/2 | RFA Fort Rosalie & Olmeda | |
| 825 NAS | Sea King HAS.2 | 10 | & | |
| 826 NAS | Sea King HAS.5 | 12 | 2 | HMS Hermes |
| 829 NAS | 9 | |||
| 845 NAS | Wessex HU.5 | 15 | 2 | RFA Tidespring, Tidepool, Fort Austin & Port San Carlos |
| 846 NAS | Sea King HC.4 | 15 | 3 | HMS Hermes,,, & |
| 847 NAS | Wessex HU.5 | 24 | , RFA Engadine & Port San Carlos | |
| 848 NAS | Wessex HU.5 | 15 | 6 |
Royal Air Force
All four engined heavies operated from Wideawake Airfield, Ascension Island, but flew in the war zone.- No. 1 Squadron – 10 '
- No. 18 Squadron – 4 +1 at Wideawake
- No. 29 Squadron – 3; only at Wideawake
- No. 39 Squadron – 2; Clandestine operations from Chile
- No. 42 Squadron – 3
- No. 44 Squadron – 2
- No. 47 Squadron – 3
- No. 50 Squadron – 1
- No. 51 Squadron – 3
- No. 55 Squadron – 10
- No. 57 Squadron – 10
- No. 70 Squadron – 3
- No. 101 Squadron – 1
- No. 120 Squadron – 3
- No. 201 Squadron – 3
- No. 202 Squadron – 1 only at Wideawake
- No. 206 Squadron – 4
- No. 10 Squadron - 14'''
Armament
- L44A1 GPMG
- 30 mm ADEN Cannon with 120–130 rounds Sea Harrier, Harrier GR.3
- AIM-9D/G Sidewinder Air-to-air missile F-4 at Wideawake
- AIM-9L Sidewinder AAM Sea Harrier, Harrier GR.3
- AGM-45 Shrike Air-to-Surface Anti-radiation missile Vulcan
- BAe Sea Skua Air-to-Surface anti-ship missile Lynx
- Aerospatiale AS.12 Air-to-Surface missile Wasp
- Paveway II Laser-guided bomb, 454 kg Harrier GR.3
- BL755 Cluster bomb with 147 bomblets Sea Harrier
- 1,000 lb General-Purpose Bomb Sea Harrier, Harrier GR.3 & Vulcan
- SNEB Rockets Harrier GR.3, Gazelle
- Mk. 46 Torpedo
- Mk. 11 Depth charge
Air Campaign
| Sea Harrier FRS.1 | 1,435 sorties, 20 kills, 6 lost. |
| Harrier GR.3 | 126 sorties, 4 lost. |
| Vulcan B.2 | 5 sorties: 1, 3 May and 12 June; 21x1,000 lbs bombs – 31 May and 3 June; 4 x AGM-45 Shrike. |
| Victor K.2 | 375 sorties; 14 sorties per Vulcan raid, 12 sorties per extended Nimrod patrol, 6 sorties per Hercules long-range drop, 6 sorties per Harrier GR.3 staging, 3 radar reconnaissance sorties to South Georgia. |
| Nimrod MR.2 | 111 sorties: maritime patrols, coordinate air refueling, SAR links. |
| Hercules C.1 | 50+ airdrop sorties at Falklands Island, 600+ airbridge sorties UK-Ascension Island |
Casualties and aircraft losses
- Human losses:
- * 2 Army Air Corps
- * 4 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron Royal Marines
- * 17 Fleet Air Arm
- Passengers
- * 1 Royal Air Force
- * 18 Special Air Service
- * 3 Royal Corps of Signals
- Aircraft Lost in the Air:, no suffix: Fleet Air Arm
- * 2 Sea Harrier FRS.1
- * 3 Westland Gazelle AH.1 Army and Royal Marines
- * 3 Harrier GR.3 RAF
- * 1 Scout AH.1 Royal Marines
- Flying accidents in the war zone
- * 2 Westland Wessex HU.5
- * 2 Westland Sea King HC.4
- * 4 Sea Harrier FRS.1
- * 2 Westland Sea King HAS.5
- * 1 Harrier GR.3 RAF
- * 1 Scout AH.1 Royal Marines
- Lost on board a ship
- * 3 Westland Lynx HAS.2
- * 3 Chinook HC.1 RAF
- * 6 Westland Wessex HU.5
- * 1 Westland Wessex HAS.3
- Self-destruct in Chile
- * 1 Westland Sea King HC.4
- Total