The South Air Force was a military unit of the Argentine Air Force that controlled air units during the Falklands War.

South Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Sur
Active1982
Disbanded1982
CountryArgentina
BranchAir Force
TypeAviation
Part ofStrategic Air Command
Garrison/HQComodoro Rivadavia
EngagementsFalklands War, battle of San Carlos, bombing of mount Kent, Bluff Cove air attacks
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Ernesto Crespo
Aircraft flown
AttackA-4P Skyhawk, A-4C Skyhawk, FMA IA-58 Pucará
BomberCanberra MK-62
FighterIAI Dagger
InterceptorMirage IIIEA
TransportC-130H Hercules
TankerKC-130H Hercules

The Strategic Air Command created the South Air Force to command the military air operations in south of Argentina. The chief of the IV Air Brigade, brigadier Ernesto Crespo, assumed as commander of the South Air Force.[1]

The responsibility of the FAS included strategic, tactical and transport air operations at the South Operations Theatre and the South Atlantic Operations Theater.[2]

The Malvinas Joint Command depended almost entirely on the logistic support of the South Air Force.[3]

The operations were initiated on 1 May 1982.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Historia de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina Tomo VI "La Fuerza Aérea en Malvinas" Volumen I. 1998. p. 79. ISBN 987-96654-4-9.
  2. ^ Historia de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina Tomo VI "La Fuerza Aérea en Malvinas" Volumen I. 1998. p. 109. ISBN 987-96654-4-9.
  3. ^ Historia de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina Tomo VI "La Fuerza Aérea en Malvinas" Volumen I. 1998. p. 120. ISBN 987-96654-4-9.
  4. ^ Historia de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina Tomo VI "La Fuerza Aérea en Malvinas" Volumen I. 1998. p. 179. ISBN 987-96654-4-9.