Río Gallegos Air Base

Río Gallegos Air Base
Base Aérea Militar Río Gallegos
Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz in Argentina
Site information
TypeArgentine Air Force Base
OwnerArgentina
OperatorArgentine Air Force
Location
Río Gallegos AB
Coordinates51°36′27″S 69°19′05″W / 51.6075°S 69.318°W / -51.6075; -69.318 (Río Gallegos AB)
Site history
BuiltJune 24, 1952 (1952-06-24)
In use1952 – present
FateOperational

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.

History

It opened in June 1952.[1]

Falklands War

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]

References

  1. ^ Anniversary
  2. ^ Times Monday May 24 1982, page 1
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