Clive Pattle's Photo Gallery

British International Helicopters S-61N in action in the Falklands, off airport at Ajax Bay.

Pictured at take-off at SFAL following refuelling stop

Ready for duty

SFAL after the first Vulcan 'Black Buck' raid. Two Argentinian Officers pose in a bomb crater. The terminal is in the rear. The lorry pictured is parked on what is now the airport car park, with the yellow doors the main terminal entrance.

A Falklands War image from May 1982 with Argentinian Officers standing in front of the main airport terminal at Stanley SFAL. The building shows signs of damage, from RAF Black Buck Vulcan raids and Harrier GR.3 and Sea Harrier FRS.1 strafing attacks.

A FIGAS Islander about to land at Port Stanley SFAL

A view from the Tower looking eastwards across the airport at Port Stanley SFAL

A view of the main apron at Port Stanley SFAL, used mainly by the FIGAS Islanders serving the Falkland Island community with a lifeline.

Modern air operations at Port Stanley SFAL

Within the ATC Tower at Port Stanley is a visible reminder of this airfield's history. A metal stair bannister shows where it was struck by a cannon shell, fired by an RAF BAe Harrier GR.3 or RN Sea Harrier FRS.1 in a strafing attack during the war in '82

An historical view of Port Stanley SFAL immediately after the war in June 1982 showing a couple of wrecked Argentinian Pucara aircraft abandoned on the airfield. In the background some Argentinian Air Force equipment lies stockpiled

An historical view of the airport terminal at Port Stanley SFAL taken after the 1982 war with the apron repaired but the terminal still covered in its war paint.