At Sea Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Hi, Nagging at the back of my mind is the 'fact' that the last UK air to air kill was in 1982, by a Sea Harrier but can't seem to make Google magic it up. Does anyone know the identity of the airframe involved or anything else for that matter. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainpeden Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Not sure about the last SHAR kill but the last UK air to air is probably XV422 taking out XX963 on 25th May '82. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicarage Vee Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Tuesday 8th June [a67, a68, a69] - Two A-4B Skyhawks of FAA Grupo 5 shot down over Choiseul Sound by Flt Lt Morgan RAF and a third by Lt D Smith in No.800 NAS Sea Harriers using Sidewinders (4.45 pm). Lt Arraras, Lt Bolzan and Ensign Vazquez killed .https://www.naval-history.net/F64-Falklands-Argentine_aircraft_lost.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Ned Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 According to Burden et al Falklands: The Air War (BARG ,1986), Flt Lt Morgan was flying ZA177 and Lt D Smith was flying XZ499. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverkite Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Probably the same Harriers that did multiple mock up battles against AMI F-104s here in Sardinia Luigi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagRigger Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 2 hours ago, iainpeden said: Not sure about the last SHAR kill but the last UK air to air is probably XV422 taking out XX963 on 25th May '82. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 Thanks chaps, that's exactly what I was looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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