{"id":1695,"date":"2012-10-25T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2013-03-11T10:23:45","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T09:23:45","slug":"introduccin-al-catlogo-de-ejercicios-militares-argentinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/introduccin-al-catlogo-de-ejercicios-militares-argentinos\/","title":{"rendered":"An introduction to the Argentine Military Exercises Catalogue"},"content":{"rendered":"
A nostalgic view of times long-gone: Air Force I.Ae.DL.22s Ea-712 and Ea-752 plus three FMA-20s (including t-23) exercising in Pampa de Ola\u00e9n, C\u00f3rdoba Province, in the 1950s (photo: Argentine National Archives #316973\/B72925).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Argentina\u2019s armed services have been testing their flying components\u2019 operational capabilities since the first few years of Argentine military aviation in the 1910s. The earliest evidence of aircraft participating in a military exercise dates back to April 1914, when four fragile \u201caeroplanes\u201d flown by the Military Aviation School logged 30 hours in 54 sorties while taking part in Army manoeuvres carried out in Southern Entre R\u00edos Province. Since then, Argentine military exercises have evolved significantly, from yearly Army and Navy manoeuvres in the first half of the 20th Century to the complex and multidisciplinary exercises taking place in the last few decades. After the 1982 Malvinas War, military exercises started increasing the quantity of participating flying elements, from a natural 100% in Air Force integration, dissimilar air combat training and combat search and rescue exercises to lower levels in national and international ground and sea combat, peace keeping, border control, maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare, disaster relief, natural resources protection and other applications.<\/p>\n

Of the two paramilitary services, the Coast Guard is the most active practitioner of specific exercises and simulations. This image illustrates a rescue swimmers drill taking place in Buenos Aires City\u2019s port area on 15 September 2003 (photo: Mauricio Chi\u00f3falo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beyond their specific missions or scope, Argentine military exercises are formally classified in three broad categories, depending on the composition and origin of the participating forces. In a classification we understand was adopted in the second half of the 20th Century, these comprise:<\/p>\n