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Exclusive research by Gaceta Aeronáutica reveals that European manufacturer Airbus is set to win a Chilean Carbineers request for quotations that will result in thr retirement of the Bell 206 JetRanger as the service’s primary helicopter pilot training platform.

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The aftermarket Seven-Five-Seven that will finally dethrone Carlos Menem’s Tango Zero One

Arturo Max

Monday 8 May 2023Sunday 7 May 2023

As an ancient Argentine saying goes: "Politicians change everything so that nothing (actually) changes"... and the recent acquisition of a new (sic) presidential transport aircraft...

Defence & security Spotting & research

The Israeli spy that retired in Argentina: Mirage III CJ.34

Guillermo Canosa

Monday 17 April 2023Saturday 3 June 2023

Our protagonist was an Israeli Air Force (Heyl'ha Avir, H'HA) fighter aircraft that shone in the Arab-Israeli conflicts between 1964 and 1982, carrying out innumerable...

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Skyhawks Illustrated #14161: To the teacher with affection

Guillermo Canosa

Monday 27 March 2023Monday 20 March 2023

The two-seater version of this remarkable aircraft rose from the need for training and operational conversion duties back in the early 1960s. Several generations of...

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Skyhawks Illustrated #13265: Jester’s Scooter in Top Gun

Guillermo Canosa

Monday 20 March 2023Friday 17 March 2023

Our story's main character was manufactured at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach (California) and was delivered to the United States Navy on...

Defence & security Spotting & research Wrecks & relics

Dean of Meteors Mark IV “premium retirement” at Estancia Santa Romana, Argentina

Carlos Ay

Monday 19 December 2022Thursday 27 July 2023

Oddly enough, the oldest Meteor F.Mk.IV built in Gloucestershire (UK) survives to the present day in private hands after a negligible stint with the British...

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Skyhawks Illustrated #12931: An Argentinian Skyhawk that was never Argentinian

Guillermo Canosa

Thursday 15 December 2022Tuesday 13 December 2022

Our latest Skyhawk Illustrated is an A-4C with an intense operational life which, transiting through Vietnam and AMARC, nearly made it into the Malaysian Air...

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An Argentine Sabre Jet in Colorado Springs

Carlos Ay

Monday 28 November 2022Friday 9 December 2022

Thirty five years ago, one of the Fuerza Aérea Argentina's (FAA, Argentine Air Force) last few North American F-86F Sabre jets undertook the return to...

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Skyhawks Illustrated #12505: A veteran of the controversial attack on HMS “Invincible”

Guillermo Canosa

Thursday 6 October 2022Tuesday 22 November 2022

Initially built for operation aboard American aircraft carriers, this particular Skyhawk had a rich operational history as it served in wartime, or near wartime, operations...

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Skyhawks Illustrated #14110: A Skyhawk that flew to the sound of the Marseillaise

Guillermo Canosa

Monday 15 August 2022Tuesday 22 November 2022

Skyhawk reloaded… in 1970 McDonnell Douglas offered an improved A-4 to extend its active life in the U.S. Marine Corps, starting a proliferation of versions now known as the Skyhawk II.