reduces response time and tanker support requirements. In the case of the FalklandsWar, it also permitted high-performance fighter air cover and ground attack
locations, including the South Atlantic during the FalklandsWar, the Adriatic during the Bosnian War, and in the Middle East for the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
Sheffield was part of the Task Force 317 sent to the Falkland Islands during the FalklandsWar. She was struck and heavily damaged by an Exocet air-launched