Argentine Air Force first battle anniversary and air show coming up!

Argentina Air Fest 2010 is expected to appeal to a large public that will crowd Morón facilities, as demonstrated in the 2008 open day (photo: Esteban Gabriel Brea).

As is customary around 1 May every year, Air Force is scheduled to celebrate a new anniversary of its first “true” battle experience, the 1982 Malvinas War. The service will be holding a remembrance mass on Thursday 29 April at Stella Maris chapel in Retiro (C.F.) and an official ceremony on Friday 30 at Morón air base. Service fighter pilots and air transport crews associations will carry out a wreath lying ceremony Saturday 1 in front of Cóndor Building’s Gloster Meteor monument.

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The main course, however, is scheduled between Friday 30 and Sunday 2 at Morón air base, where an open house will be held for the fourth consecutive year. Dubbed “Argentina Air Fest”, the air show is expected to demonstrate a variety of Argentine military and civil aircraft (both static and flying), provide access to Morón’s air museum and be the first edition featuring Brazilian and Argentine aerobatic teams performing their lively air display routines.


This story was originally published in Aeromilitaria Argentina.