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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1982.

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    • Argentine A4B Skyhawks destroy the British landing ship Sir Galahad and badly damage the landing ship Sir Tristram at Fitzroy on East Falkland Island, killing 51 men, 48 of them aboard Sir Galahad.<ref>Hastings, Max, and Simon Jenkins, The Battle for the Falklands, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1983, no ISBN, pp. 279–283, 345.</ref>
  • June 8–9 – In air-to-air combat over Lebanon, Israeli aircraft shoot down six Syrian MiG-23s over Beirut, Sidon, and Damour without loss to themselves.<ref name="Cordesman, Anthony H. 1990, p. 142">Cordesman, Anthony H., and Abraham R. Wagner, The Lessons of Modern War, Volume I: The Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1973-1989, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1990, Template:ISBN, p. 142.</ref>
  • June 9 – The Israeli Air Force begins a large-scale attack over the course of several hours against the 19 major Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries in LebanonTemplate:'s Bekaa Valley equipped with 2K12 Kub (NATO reporting name "SA-6 Gainful") missile systems, destroying 17 of them along with several S-75 Dvina (NATO reporting name "SA-2 Guideline") and S-125 Neva/Pechora (NATO reporting name "SA-3 Goa") surface-to-air missile batteries and much Syrian antiaircraft artillery in only 10 to 20 minutes of active combat. Around 50 Syrian fighter aircraft attempt to defend the missile sites, and about 100 Israeli aircraft engage them, shooting down 22 or 23 Syrian fighters and damaging seven others without any Israeli losses.<ref>Cordesman, Anthony H., and Abraham R. Wagner, The Lessons of Modern War, Volume I: The Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1973-1989, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1990, Template:ISBN, pp. 142, 193, 202. The reference to 29 Syrian aircraft being shot down on p. 142 contradicts the more detailed information on p. 202 describing 22 to 23 Syrian planes shot down, and apparently reflects the total of Syrian aircraft shot down through June 9 rather than the number shot down on June 9.</ref> In ground fighting, a significant number of Syrian attack helicopters and some Syrian fixed-wing aircraft attack Israeli ground forces in Lebanon.<ref name="Cordesman, Anthony H. 1990, p. 142" />
  • June 10 – The Israeli Air Force shoots down 25 Syrian fixed-wing aircraft and three helicopters during the day and destroys two more Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries deployed to the Bekaa Valley as reinforcements. By the end of the day, Israeli Air Force aircraft have shot down 65 Syrian MiG-21 (NATO reporting name "Fishbed") and MiG-23 aircraft in air-to-air combat, without any Israeli losses.<ref>Cordesman, Anthony H., and Abraham R. Wagner, The Lessons of Modern War, Volume I: The Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1973-1989, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1990, Template:ISBN, p. 143.</ref>
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  • June 12 – Operation Black Buck concludes with the last of five very-long range strikes on the Falkland Islands by Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan bombers.Template:Citation needed
  • June 14 – Argentinian forces on the Falkland Islands surrender to British forces, ending the Falklands War. During the war, the Argentines had lost 100 aircraft<ref name="NAVAL-HISTORY.NET">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • A Sri Lankan man hijacks an Alitalia Boeing 747-243B with 260 people on board flying from Delhi, India, to Bangkok, Thailand, claiming to have six accomplices on board and saying he will blow up the plane if he does not receive a US$300,000 ransom and is not reunited with his wife and child, who are in Italy. At Bangkok, he releases four passengers, then he releases another 139 when he is told that his wife and child are on their way to Bangkok; two additional passengers escape by jumping from the plane. After his wife and child board the plane and he receives the ransom, authorities allow the family to fly to Colombo, Sri Lanka, early on July 1. Sri Lankan authorities arrest the man on July 3.<ref>Aviation Safety Network Hijacking Description</ref><ref name="ap19820926">Template:Cite news</ref>

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  • February 6 – Grob G 110<ref name="jawa82p87">Taylor 1982, p. 87.</ref>
  • February 19 – Boeing 757 N757BA<ref name="jawa82 p[65]">Taylor 1982, p. [65].</ref>

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  • August 19 - Hawk GafHawk 125<ref name="jawa82 p[65]"/>
  • August 30 - Northrop F-20 Tigershark<ref>Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, Template:ISBN, p. 377.</ref> 82-0062<ref name="jawa82 p[65]"/>

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Deadliest crashEdit

The deadliest crash of this year was Pan Am Flight 759, a Boeing 727 which crashed just after takeoff in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. on 9 July, killing all 145 people on board, as well as 8 on the ground.

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