April 3, 200719 yr From Air Force Magazine, April 2007 issue In the South Atlantic and the Middle East, two short air wars taught some lasting lessons. The Wars of Eighty-Two By Adam J. Hebert, Senior Editor Twenty-five years ago this spring, two short and intense armed conflicts —fought in widely separated theaters—delivered a jolt to military thinking. Defense establishments the world over vigorously debated all of the “lessons learned” from the small wars of 1982. They still do. In the first, Britain and Argentina came to blows over the Falkland Islands, bleak South Atlantic outposts whose ownership had long been in dispute. This war, which ran from April 2, 1982 until Argentina’s surrender on June 14, 1982, boiled up like a sudden storm and vindicated some basic military truths. The second war played out in more familiar terrain—that corner of the Mideast where Israel, Syria, and Lebanon converge. Starting on June 9, 1982, and for two weeks thereafter, Israel’s Air Force tangled with Syrian air and ground forces. In the end, the reputation of high technology soared. ... Read the remainder of the article at the above link.
April 3, 200719 yr Good article Brad. A love the sarcastic quote on page 6; "A Syrian general, upon being told by his soviet patrons that he already had the best Soviet surface-to-air missiles, replied that what he really needed were some good surface-to-aircraft missiles!"
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