Editing FIM-92 Stinger (section)

===Falklands War===
The Stinger's combat debut occurred during the [[Falklands War]] ({{langx|es|Guerra de las Malvinas}}) fought between the United Kingdom and Argentina. At the onset of the conflict soldiers of the [[British Army]]'s [[Special Air Service]] (SAS) had been clandestinely equipped with six missiles, although they had received little instruction in their use. The sole SAS trooper who had received training on the system, and was due to train other troops, was killed in a helicopter crash on 19 May.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Falklands/argentine-aircraftlosses.html|title=Britain's Small Wars|via=Facebook|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107231634/http://britains-smallwars.com/Falklands/argentine-aircraftlosses.html|archive-date=2009-11-07}}</ref>

Nonetheless, on 21 May 1982 an SAS soldier engaged and shot down an Argentine [[FMA IA 58 Pucará|Pucará]] ground attack aircraft with a Stinger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/F44airbattles.htm|title=San Carlos Air Battles - Falklands War 1982|work=naval-history.net|access-date=2006-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603234818/http://www.naval-history.net/F44airbattles.htm|archive-date=2011-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref> On 30 May, at about 11:00 a.m., an [[Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma]] helicopter was brought down by another missile, also fired by the [[Special Air Service|SAS]], in the vicinity of [[Mount Kent]]. Six [[Argentine National Gendarmerie]] Special Forces troops were killed and eight more wounded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2002/04/12/argentine-puma-shot-down-by-american-stinger-missile#prof|title=Argentine Puma shot down by american "Stinger" missile. — MercoPress|work=MercoPress|access-date=2009-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328101020/http://en.mercopress.com/2002/04/12/argentine-puma-shot-down-by-american-stinger-missile#prof|archive-date=2012-03-28|url-status=live}}</ref>

The main MANPADS used by both sides during the Falklands War was the [[Blowpipe missile]].<ref>Freedman, Sir Lawrence, ''The Official History of the Falklands Campaign'' (Abingdon, 2005). Volume II, pages 732–735</ref>