Ewen Southby-Taylor was, IIRC (and I am doing this without checking so if you know different I won't challenge) a RM Major when he led a sailing exped round the Falklands in late 70's. As a result he was a most imprtant adviser to the Cmd staff for Op CORPORATE.
The Stanley runway could not operate fast jets?
Errr - After we patched it we operated Phantoms off it for at least 3 years late 82 till MPA opened. We had to stop every so often to repatch it.
4500 feet was long enough. The remaining ends - 2 and a bit 000 - would not have been.
Sven