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The Argentine Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Argentina, or simply FAA) is the air force of Argentina and one of three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. In 2018, it had 13,837 military [1] and 6,900 civilian personnel. [2] FAA commander in chief is Brigadier Gustavo Valverde. [3]
IAI Dagger, Argentine Air Force, 1984. The Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina; FAA), which had never fought against an external enemy since its establishment in 1912, had never considered the possibility of waging a long-range naval air campaign against a major NATO power. It was not trained or equipped for such a mission.
The Argentine Air Force created the Air Operations Command on December 15, 1966, over the Air Combat Command and the General Anti-Aircraft Defense Command. [1] The military branch sought to grow its operational capacity while rationalizing it. In 1968 the command established its headquarters in the Cóndor Building, Buenos Aires. [2]
Argentina was the only South American country to send warships and cargo planes in 1991 to the Gulf War under UN mandate and has remained involved in peacekeeping efforts in multiple locations like UNPROFOR in Croatia/Bosnia, Gulf of Fonseca, UNFICYP in Cyprus (where among Army and Marines troops the Air Force provided the UN Air contingent ...
Argentina's defeat caused the collapse of the military junta. 1990s: Argentina became greatly involved in UN peacekeeping missions around the world. In contrast, president Menem disarms the country. 1991: Argentine Navy ships and Air Force transport aircraft participated in the 1991 Gulf War. Argentina was the only Latin American country in the ...
12 x GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons for the Argentine Army. 3 x GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons for the (FAA) Air Force. The FAA Oerlikon GDF-002 guns were sited on the Southwest side of Port Stanley Airport. 3 x Oerlikon 20 mm single barrel Anti-Aircraft Cannons. B Battery, 101st Anti-Aircraft group (GADA 101), I Corps.(†three and nine wounded [9])
Argentine Air Force Douglas A-4C Skyhawk at El Plumerillo Military Air Base. Crew of Argentine Air Force Boeing 707 (TC-92) after surviving an encounter with Sea Dart missiles from HMS Cardiff . Argentine Naval Aviation Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopters rescuing Argentine forces from Pebble Island following the British SAS Raid on the 15th of ...
The British Task Force had been successfully attacked by these Argentinean aircraft using French Exocet air-to-sea missiles, sinking two ships. This operation was intended to destroy the three remaining Exocet missiles that Argentina had in its possession as well as the Super Étendard launch aircraft.