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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 18:28 UTC

Tag: Mirage

  • Sunday, November 26th 2023 - 23:25 UTC

    Peruvian pilots who helped Argentina in 1982 decorated

    Peru sent 10 Mirage M-5P jets on June 6 and 7, 1982

    During a ceremony at the Argentine Embassy in Lima last week, a group of retired Peruvian Air Force (FAP) pilots were awarded the Argentine Air Force's (FAA) Order of Heroes of the Malvinas, in the grade of “Malvinas Medal for Contribution to the War Effort” in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with the United Kingdom.

  • Friday, August 25th 2017 - 12:05 UTC

    Falklands' war Peruvian air force Mirage on exhibition in Cordoba

    One of the ten Peruvian Mirage exhibited at the Velez Sarfield Plaza in downtown Cordoba

    One of the ten fighter bombers donated by Peru to Argentina during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict is being exhibited in the Velez Sarsfield Plaza, at the heart of Cordoba City, as part of the 105 anniversary celebrations of the Argentine Air Force.

  • Tuesday, March 25th 2014 - 09:06 UTC

    Argentina ready to sign for the Israeli Kfir Block 60 fighter aircraft

    The Kfir has been flying for the Ecuadorian and Colombian air forces

    Argentina is advancing in negotiations with Israel for the purchase of the multi-purpose combat aircraft Kfir Block 60, which is supposed to replace the aging Mirage III, on service for over four decades.

  • Monday, August 5th 2013 - 02:03 UTC

    Falklands and the Mirages: playing with the Islanders worst memories

    One of the last Spanish Mirage F1 to be decommissioned and replaced by the Eurofighter

    The British press has picked on news from Spain and Argentina to state that the government of President Cristina Fernandez is about to sign an agreement to purchase refurbished Mirage F1 decommissioned by the Spanish Air Force, which could become potentially a major threat for the Falkland Islands and another reason for escalating the ever sensitive Argentina/UK relations.

  • Tuesday, April 19th 2011 - 21:55 UTC

    Falklands’ war book reveals Israel’s arms and equipment support for Argentina

    Peruvian Mirages which were sold to the Argentines during the war

    Israel’s role during the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict as a willing supplier of arms, equipment and other materials to Argentina has been revealed in a book titled “Operation Israel: the rearming of Argentina during the dictatorship (1976/1983)” written by Hernan Dobry, with an advance published over the weekend in Buenos Aires daily La Nacion.