How unusually mild weather prevented what could've been the first aircraft carrier battle since World War II

• In May 1982, Argentine and British carriers were circling each other in the South Atlantic.
• They were facing off over the Falkland Islands, which Argentina had seized from Britain weeks earlier.
• Argentine jets were poised to strike when the usually turbulent South Atlantic winds took a mild turn.

On the afternoon of May 1, 1982, crewmen on the deck of the Argentine carrier Veinticinco de Mayo ("May 25") scrambled to load six A-4Q Skyhawk attack planes with four Mark 82 bombs each.