San Julián. 1982. On that Winter evening in Patagonia Mario arrived to share the table with Exequiel like many times before. It was not the usual face expression of our friend who used to cheer us with his guitar. -“What is wrong with you, Mario! What a face! Seems you have seen the Devil!” -“You are not too far…you don’t… Read more →
Category: Argentine Air Force
Lazarillo (Shepard)
Fénix Squadron LearJet guiding Mirage 5 to the islands.It is based on a picture forwarded by one of the Fenix pilots (Mj. R.A. Gonzalez). Learjet VR-17 and the Shafrir armed Daggers are on an air to air mission. By using the modern executive Jets the Air Force was able to overcome the lack of accurate navigational instruments in the Daggers.… Read more →
Mirage III in interception (1973)
High altitude interceptors were in vogue after WWII due to the need to attack high flying bombers. The Mirage was born following this concept and turned out to be the biggest Western Europe success becoming the core of the French defense system thanks to its simplicity, reliability and high performance. Delta wings had many advantages over straight and arrow winged… Read more →
Decoy
It must have been a secret because only now the “Fénix” asks me to do this painting. I was surprised by the ASTUCIA of this plot. Without doubt only human imagination can limit the use of Air Power. To the enemy radar the eco of a Lear Jet is very similar to those of a SUE or A-4B. Pretending to… Read more →