Center Awardee and Military Committee Chair Readied US Support in ’82 Falklands War
John Lehman, former Secretary of the Navy, and Adm. James "Ace" Lyons, former Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, both recently told the United States Naval Institute about contingency plans they prepared to support the United Kingdom during the 1982 Falklands War.
While publicly claiming neutrality between Argentina and the U.K. during the 1982 Falklands War, President Ronald Reagan’s administration had developed plans to loan a ship to the Royal Navy if it lost one of its aircraft carriers in the war, former U.S. Secretary of the Navy, John Lehman, told the U.S. Naval Institute on June 26.
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral James “Ace” Lyons, commander of the U.S. Second Fleet at the time of the conflict, helped develop the plan to supply the Royal Navy with Iwo Jima if the Hermes or Invincible were lost. Though primarily a helicopter carrier, at least one Iwo Jima-class ship was qualified to operate the American version of the Sea Harrier, according to the 1982 edition of Combat Fleets of the World.
John Lehman, was the 2011 recipient of the Center’s Freedom Flame award, dedicated to those who "have exemplified the ideals of freedom, democracy, economic opportunity and international strength to which the Center for Security Policy is committed."
Admiral James "Ace" Lyons serves as the Chairman of the Center for Security Policy’s Military Committee, and introduced Mr. Lehman at the Freedom Flame Award Dinner.
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