The Israeli spy that retired in Argentina: Mirage III CJ.34
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...
Dean of Meteors Mark IV “premium retirement” at Estancia Santa Romana, Argentina
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...
Skyhawks Illustrated #12931: An Argentinian Skyhawk that was never Argentinian
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...
An Argentine Sabre Jet in Colorado Springs
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...
Skyhawks Illustrated #12505: A veteran of the controversial attack on HMS “Invincible”
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...
Skyhawks Illustrated #14110: A Skyhawk that flew to the sound of the Marseillaise
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.
The Chilean F-16 that “shot down” a British Sea Harrier
Unique among 30 former Dutch F-16s purchased by Chile at the beginning of the XXI Century is an example which can claim to have shot down a British naval fighter “in combat”… read on!
LV-ISC: From Perón and Maradona to the scrapyard
The third of four Boeing 707s purchased by Aerolíneas Argentinas in the 1960s had a notorious yet forgotten history: It was the first Argentine airliner...
A hawk called “Akori”: JetSmart’s first airliner
On its fifth anniversary flying with JetSmart’s Chilean unit, let’s recap the individual story of this gorgeous aircraft and its unique name and markings.
LV-MRE: The Argentine “Bonanza-struck” Tomahawk…
One of 157 Tomahawks built in Chincul's Pocito (S.J.) plan under Piper's Foreign Assembly Program (line number 39), the aircraft was designated "PA-A-38-112" (the middle...