Argentine Air Force

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The Argentine Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Argentina’s armed forces, known for its significant combat role during the 1982 Falklands War against the United Kingdom.

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Surface form Occurrences
Argentine Air Force units 1
Fuerza Aérea Argentina 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force
military branch
abbreviation FAA
aircraftType attack aircraft
fighter aircraft
helicopters
trainer aircraft
transport aircraft
allegiance Argentina
branchColor light blue
commanderTitle Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force
conflict Beagle conflict crisis
Argentine military dictatorship (National Reorganization Process)
surface form: Civic-military dictatorship of Argentina

Dirty War
Falklands War
Operation Independence
surface form: Operativo Independencia

UN peacekeeping missions
country Argentina
dateFounded 1945
doctrine air power projection
territorial defense of Argentina
garrison Buenos Aires
Córdoba
El Palomar
Morón Air Base
headquartersLocation Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Province
language Spanish
motto Alas de la Patria
nativeName Argentine Air Force self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fuerza Aérea Argentina
notableOperation air operations during the 1982 Falklands War
attacks on British naval forces in 1982
parentOrganization Ministry of Defense of Argentina
partOf Argentine Armed Forces
surface form: Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic
precededBy Argentine Army Aviation Service
role aerial warfare
air defense
close air support
reconnaissance
strategic transport
symbol fin flash of the Argentine Air Force
roundel of the Argentine Air Force
trainingInstitution Colegio Militar de la Nación
Escuela de Aviación Militar
usedAircraft Bell 212 helicopter
surface form: Bell 212

Bell 412
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
surface form: C-130 Hercules

A-4 Skyhawk
surface form: Douglas A-4 Skyhawk

FMA IA 58 Pucará
FMA IA 63 Pampa
Fokker F-27
Fokker F28
surface form: Fokker F-28

IAI Dagger
Learjet 35
Dassault Mirage III
surface form: Mirage III

Pucará
Saab 340

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Marambio Base establishedBy Argentine Air Force
Falklands War involvedBranch Argentine Air Force
Battle of Goose Green militaryUnit Argentine Air Force
this entity surface form: Argentine Air Force units
Argentine Air Force nativeName Argentine Air Force self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fuerza Aérea Argentina
Avro Lancaster operator Argentine Air Force
Dassault Mirage III operator Argentine Air Force
Marambio Base operator Argentine Air Force
Matienzo Base operator Argentine Air Force
Breguet 19 usedBy Argentine Air Force
Gloster Meteor usedBy Argentine Air Force
Grob G 120 usedBy Argentine Air Force
Potez 25 usedBy Argentine Air Force