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Mog’s book, Hostile Skies, is available from Amazon. I highly recommend it. https://amzn.to/2yL0O6Q

In March 1982, Argentinian forces landed on a set of tiny islands in the South Atlantic. These islands were known to the British as the Falklands, and to the Argentinians as Las Malvinas, and ownership over them remains contested to this day.

Britain’s Prime Minister responded without equivocation, and dispatched a task force of ships, aircraft and combat forces with the objective of retaking the islands.

Through the month of March, the task force sailed south. One of those onboard was Royal Air Force fighter pilot, Dave “Mog” Morgan, then on exchange with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, flying the Hawker Siddley Sea Harrier.

Morgan would help lead the planning of the first combat mission undertaken by the Sea Harriers, and would end the war having shot down four Argentine aircraft.

In this, the third and final interviews with Mog, he describes his air-to-air kills and the post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that affected him so greatly afterwards. 

50 second plug for Red Eagles

Mog’s book, Hostile Skies, is available from Amazon. I highly recommend it. https://amzn.to/2yL0O6Q

In March 1982, Argentinian forces landed on a set of tiny islands in the South Atlantic. These islands were known to the British as the Falklands, and to the Argentinians as Las Malvinas, and ownership over them remains contested to this day.

Britain’s Prime Minister responded without equivocation, and dispatched a task force of ships, aircraft and combat forces with the objective of retaking the islands.

Through the month of March, the task force sailed south. One of those onboard was Royal Air Force fighter pilot, Dave “Mog” Morgan, then on exchange with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, flying the Hawker Siddley Sea Harrier.

Morgan would help lead the planning of the first combat mission undertaken by the Sea Harriers, and would end the war having shot down four Argentine aircraft.

In this, the second of three interviews with Mog, he describes the Sea Harrier workup as they sailed down the Falkland Islands, and the eventual commencement of combat.

Tune in for part 3 to listen to Mog describe his air-to-air kills and resultant post traumatic stress disorder.

50 second plug for Red Eagles

In March 1982, Argentinian forces landed on a set of tiny islands in the South Atlantic. These islands were known to the British as the Falklands, and to the Argentinians as Las Malvinas, and ownership over them remains contested to this day.

Britain’s Prime Minister responded without equivocation, and dispatched a task force of ships, aircraft and combat forces with the objective of retaking the islands.

Through the month of March, the task force sailed south. One of those onboard was Royal Air Force fighter pilot, Dave “Mog” Morgan, then on exchange with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, flying the Hawker Siddley Sea Harrier.

Morgan would help lead the planning of the first combat mission undertaken by the Sea Harriers, and would end the war having shot down four Argentine aircraft.

In this, the first of three interviews with Mog, he describes the long road that eventually led to the Sea Harrier, and talks about his early experiences flying the vastly challenging Harrier Gr 3 with the Royal Air Force. The episode concludes with his recollections of preparing to sail south, and an initial assessment of the Argentine threat. 

Tune in for parts 2 and 3 to listen to Mog describe with great clarity his combat experiences and the post traumatic stress that took grip after the war. 

Mog’s book, Hostile Skies, is available from Amazon. I highly recommend it.

50 second plug for Red Eagles

Actual Técnico del Club Comunicaciones, Club San Miguel, River Plate de Puerto Rico. Como jugador profesional, Club Argentinos Jrs, Temperley, Defensores de Belgrano, Banfield. En Venezuela Táchira, en Ecuador Centro Universitario, en México Querétaro y en Bolivia The Stronger.

Continúa nuestro recorrido por los rincones porteños. Esta vez, bajamos del colectivo en Barrancas de Belgrano para repasar con Noelia los orígenes del barrio, las siglas que lo dividen, y el significado de quedarse "en Pampa y la vía". Además, recurrimos a fuentes literarias de confianza para reproducir algunas leyendas (bastante) perturbadoras que han tenido lugar en el Barrio Chino y las cercanías del actual Club Belgrano.