Normando Costantino
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Brigadier-Major[1] Normando Costantino is the current Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force. He has a degree in Air & space Systems. [2]
[edit] Career
Costantino is a veteran of the 1982 Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas/), [3] where he fought as a A-4C Skyhawk pilot [4] although his only two missions were aborted ( one because a vhf radio problem and the other an aerial refueling failure from the the KC-130 Hercules ) [5]
On November 2006, He was appointed as the overall commander of the Air Force following Eduardo Schiaffino’s dismissal by the senior Argentine political leadership.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ 2 star rank
- ^ http://www.telediariodigital.com.ar/leer.asp?idx=15872
- ^ Buenos Aires Herald newspaper
- ^ [1]
- ^ [La batalla aérea de nuestras Islas Malvinas, ISBN 9509965804]
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| Preceded by Eduardo Schiaffino |
Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force 2006– |
Incumbent |
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