Further to our initial report published in early-December 2011, we continue to update our preview to the 17th edition of the International Air & Space Fair (Feria Internacional del Aire y el Espacio, or FIDAE 2012), which opens up on Wednesday 27 March 2012 in the military sector of Pudahuel’s airport in Santiago de Chile.
With four months to go to before the show opens, we though it wise to start constructing a preview of what attendees, visitors and the general public will witness in Pudahuel next year. The 17th edition of the International Air & Space Fair (Feria Internacional del Aire y el Espacio, or FIDAE 2012) opens on Tuesday 27 March 2012 and news are already starting to flow about its envisaged contents.
Chile has just celebrated the 200th anniversary of its first government out of Spanish colonial rule and its armed forces played a key role in “nation-long” ceremonies. While Army and Navy hosted the main “Fiestas Patrias” (patriotic festivities), military (mainly Air Force) flying elements captured a fair share of the show in the capital and elsewhere.
Coinciding with the exhibition of a C-17A Globemaster III in Chile’s air and space fair in March 2010, Boeing was reported as talking to prospective customers about the creation of a South American consortium to operate the type following a “time-sharing” scheme already developed by several NATO air forces. Aeromilitaria Argentina has been following the story and got exclusive comments on the subject from Boeing Integrated Defense Systems.
A busy month in other fields has prevented Aeromilitaria Argentina staff from delving into more elaborate research and edition chores. Thanks to individual reports and other searches, though, a selection of traffic movements recorded throughout Argentina during the month of June was compiled and is listed inside.
A collection of interesting foreign military movements through Argentine airports and air bases were recorded in the first few months of year 2010 and we found it worthwhile to summarize in a short descriptive log.
STOP PRESS! Fresh news coming in from a variety of sources point out that a number of Argentine Air Force aircraft are to take part in a “federal parade” celebrating Argentina’s Bicentennial in the weekend prior to 25 May 2010. Read-on for a preview of what to expect if you’re touring 9 de Julio Avenue.
Argentina’s Air Force has spent decades planning to replace its dwindling inventory of Delta-fighters. The most recent solo flight ceremony was a good opportunity to check official sources as to the present status of this “never ending story” kind of project.
STOP PRESS! The Argentine Air Force is about to celebrate a new anniversary of the 1982 Malvinas War with a formal ceremony and a two-day air fest at Morón Air Base, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
Following a protracted rebuilding process and a 15,000 km ferry flight, Air Force DHC-6 Twin Otter “Tango 85” returned to its home base in Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut) on 23 April. Read on to learn more about Argentina’s first successful DHC-6-350 conversion in Canada.
