British air support was limited in number while the Argentinians, although more numerous, were heavily limited in range and pursued a strategy of bombing runs over air superiority missions, which was only embedded following the successful Vulcan bombing run on Port Stanley airfield and resulted in most of the good Argentinian fighters (Mirage IIIs mainly) being held back to protect the mainland. Certainly British command were expecting to lose quite a number of Sea Harriers, although only a few were actually lost and none in air to air combat - in fact the Sea Harriers gained a fearsome reputation and the nickname 'muerte negra' or 'black death' from the Argentinians.
As such, I have 2 Sea Harriers:
4 Mirage III / IAI Daggers. These can be configured for air superiority or ground attack:
And 6 A4 Skyhawks which were solely used in ground attack modes:
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