 One Argentine Army Chinook was captured intact by British Army forces after the surrender . RAF Chinooks were part of an estimated force of 40 helicopters in the British task force , alongside Westland Sea King and Westland Wessex helicopters . Post @-@ war , two Chinooks were operated by No. 78 Squadron as part of the Falklands Garrison ; this was reduced to a single helicopter in the mid @-@ 1990s and the type was eventually withdrawn from the Falklands in 2006 in order to free up resources and craft for operations in Afghanistan . 
