Río Gallegos Air Base | |
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Base Aérea Militar Río Gallegos | |
Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz in Argentina | |
Coordinates | 51°36′27″S 69°19′05″W / 51.6075°S 69.318°W |
Type | Argentine Air Force Base |
Site information | |
Owner | Argentina |
Operator | Argentine Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | June 24, 1952 |
In use | 1952 – present |
Fate | Operational |
Río Gallegos Air Base is a main military airfield in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina in the far south of the nation.
It was the nearest air base to the Falklands Islands in the 1982 war.
It opened in June 1952. [1]
Ernesto Horacio Crespo, the head of the F.A.S, coordinated attacks on the islands from the base, which was 380 miles to the west of the Falklands Islands. [2]
Río Gallegos Air Base | |
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Base Aérea Militar Río Gallegos | |
Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz in Argentina | |
Coordinates | 51°36′27″S 69°19′05″W / 51.6075°S 69.318°W |
Type | Argentine Air Force Base |
Site information | |
Owner | Argentina |
Operator | Argentine Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | June 24, 1952 |
In use | 1952 – present |
Fate | Operational |
Río Gallegos Air Base is a main military airfield in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina in the far south of the nation.
It was the nearest air base to the Falklands Islands in the 1982 war.
It opened in June 1952. [1]
Ernesto Horacio Crespo, the head of the F.A.S, coordinated attacks on the islands from the base, which was 380 miles to the west of the Falklands Islands. [2]