The Bluff Cove air attacks or the Battle of Bluff Cove occurred 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War. British troop transport ships were bombed by Argentine Air Force (FAA) Douglas A-4 Skyhawk fighter bombers at Port Pleasant, off Fitzroy, while transferring troops to Bluff Cove, with significant damage and casualties.

By 1 June, British forces on the Falkland Islands were bolstered by the arrival of 5,000 new troops of the 5th Infantry Brigade. Major General Jeremy Moore now had sufficient force to start planning a full-scale assault on Port Stanley.

Advance parties of the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment moved forward and occupied Fitzroy and Bluff Cove, when it was discovered to be clear of Argentine forces. The 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards and 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards were to be sent in from San Carlos Water to support them. After the sinking of the transport Atlantic Conveyor there was only one British heavy-lift helicopter available, an RAF CH-47 Chinook, Bravo November. Therefore, supplies and reinforcements would have to be transported by ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, which were crewed by civilian sailors.

The Scots Guards arrived according to schedule on board Landing Craft Utility (LCU) boats, but the Welsh Guards transference was held off because only two LCUs were available, and heavy equipment was given priority over troops. Since ferrying them from San Carlos on HMS Intrepid or HMS Fearless was not an option as this should have demanded a strong escort, the only alternative was to transport the regiment aboard RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristam, two large Landing Ship Logistic (LSL) amphibious vessels. The amphibious ships' first stopover would be Fitzroy, where a field hospital and Rapier anti-aircraft missile batteries would be landed, and then the ships would head to Bluff Cove to land the guards before dawn. It took six hours to load the equipment, which led Sir Galahad's captain to request permission to postpone the mission for the following night, but the only concession he was given was to debark the Welsh Guards at Fitzroy, before daylight made direct landing at Bluff Cove too risky. Once at destination, the troops faced two options; either marching the 12 miles to Bluff Cove on foot or wait until being put on board one of the LCUs, now at the ready. It was eventually decided to ferry the regiment by sea.

On 8 June, with the transfer of troops to the LCU at Fitzroy still underway, the British ships became the target of two waves of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft from the Argentine Air Force's 5th Air Brigade, each of them loaded with three 500 lb retarded-tail bombs of Spanish design. The airstrikes had been called in by Argentine commandos of 602 Commando Company after they spotted the ships from their position on Mount Harriet. The fighters departed from Río Gallegos airbase, which at the time was monitored by the British nuclear submarine HMS Splendid. The first wave of attack, originally made of eight aircraft, was reduced to five when three Skyhawks returned to base due to refuelling problems. On their way to Bluff Cove, the formation overflew a Scout helicopter from 656 Squadron AAC; the Scout, XR628, was forced to make a hard landing on McPhee Pond after experiencing mechanical failure while taking evasive action. The aircraft was eventually written off. The helicopter was identified as a Lynx by the package leader, First Lieutenant Carlos Cachón.

Six Argentine IAI Dagger fighters simultaneously took off from the airbase at Río Grande for a complementary mission, led by a Learjet which provided navigation information. One of the Daggers subsequently returned to base due to refueling issues. The attacking aircraft were preceded by four IAI Dagger fighters which took off from Río Grande airbase to carry out a decoy mission over the north of the islands in order to draw away the British Sea Harrier fighters and allow the Skyhawks and Daggers to carry out their attacks unmolested, while the Argentine destroyer ARA Santísima Trinidad broadcast interference signals to jam the frequencies used by the Royal Navy's air controllers directing Sea Harrier operations. The nuclear submarine HMS Valiant, on picket duty off Río Grande, was able to track the six Dagger fighters that took off from the airbase there, but the report from the submarine failed to reach the British forces at Bluff Cove.

At approximately 14:00 local time both RFA Sir Tristram and RFA Sir Galahad were attacked badly damaged by five A-4Bs of Grupo 5. Three A-4s targeted Sir Galahad, which was hit by three bombs released from the Skyhawk flown by First Lieutenant Carlos Cachón. The second Skyhawk was unable to drop its bombs, and the third overshot the British ship. The remaining two aircraft attacked Sir Tristram, which was struck by two bombs released by package leader Lieutenant Daniel Gálvez; the bombs of the last A-4 fell short. The explosions and subsequent fires killed 48 men aboard Sir Galahad, of whom 32 were soldiers from the Welsh Guards, 11 were other army personnel, and five were crewmen of the Sir Galahad, among them two Hong Kong Chinese sailors. The attack on Sir Tristram killed two crewmen, both of them also Hong Kong Chinese sailors.

At 16:50 a second wave, composed by four A-4Bs of Grupo 5 hit and sank the LCU Foxtrot-4 from HMS Fearless in Choiseul Sound. The landing craft was transporting the vehicles and communications equipment and nine soldiers, of 5 Brigade's headquarters, from Darwin to Bluff Cove. Six crew on board were killed, Colour Sergeant Brian Johnston, Sergeant R. J. Rotherham, Marine R. D. Griffin, Marine A. J. Rundle, Royal Navy MEA A. S. James and LMEM D. Miller. However, this time the Sea Harrier combat air patrol was already on scene and responded; three Skyhawks were shot down and their pilots, First Lieutenant Danilo Bolzan, Lieutenant Juan Arrarás, and Ensign Alfredo Vazquez were killed.