![[Argentine Air Force Chief-of-Staff flag]](../images/a/ar^jefa.gif)
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image by Miles Li, 16 April 2006
There is a flag for the Chief-of-Staff, which can be found in the official Argentine Air Force website.
Miles Li, 25 May 2000
The Jefe de Estado Mayor General is the maximum military authority of the Argentine Air Force. The present day Estado Mayor General of the Argentine Air Force was created on December 10, 1983. Before that the maximum rank of the Air Force was the Comando en Jefe de la Fuerza Aérea.
Francisco Gregoric, 10 May 2008
![[Argentine Air Force Vice Chief-of-Staff flag]](../images/a/ar^sjefa.gif)
image by Miles Li, 16 April 2006
There is also a flag for the Vice Chief-of-Staff, which can be found in the
official Argentine Air Force website.
Miles Li, 25 May 2000
The Subjefe de Estado Mayor General of the Argentine Air Force is the second military authority of the Argentine Air Force.
Francisco Gregoric, 10 May 2008
![[Argentine Air Force General Inspector]](../images/a/ar^igfa.gif)
image by Miles Li, 17 October 2008
Here is a rank flag for the Argentine Air Force: Inspector General.
Miles Li, 17 October 2008
![[Argentine Air Force Air Regions Commander flag]](../images/a/ar^crafa.gif)
image by Miles Li, 16 April 2006
The Comando de Regiones Aéreas (Air Regions Command) is the maximum authority of flight security for the Argentine civil aviation. It is responsable for flight licenses, airports (State´s owned or privatized), air traffic, accident investigation, etc.
On March 15, 2007, the President of the Republic Néstor Kirchner signed a decree that switched this command from military to civilian hands. This change will be made in steps and may have future modifications in this rank flag use.
Francisco Gregoric, 10 May 2008
![[Argentine Air Force Personnel Commander flag]](../images/a/ar^cpfa.gif)
image by Miles Li, 16 April 2006
The function of the Comando de Personal (Personnel Command) is the education, improvement, and welfare of the personnel of the Argentine Air Force.
All the educational schools including the Escuela de Aviación Militar (Air Force Academy), technical schools, hospitals and health organizations of the Air Force are part of this command.
Francisco Gregoric, 10 May 2008
![[Argentine Air Force Air Operations Commander flag]](../images/a/ar^coafa.gif)
image by Miles Li, 16 April 2006
The main function of the Comando de Operaciones Aéreas (Air Operations Command) of the Argentine Air Force is the defense of the national aerospace and to preform air operations and special tasks ordered to it. The command is also responsable for the training of the operative media and the technical and logistic supports. The operations of this command are preformed in several Brigadas Aéreas (Air Brigades).
Francisco Gregoric, 10 May 2008
![[Argentine Air Force Materiel Commander flag]](../images/a/ar^cmfa.gif)
image by Miles Li, 16 April 2006
The Comando de Material (Materiel Command) is the logistical command of the Argentine Air Force. It controls and manages equipment adquisition and mantenance. This includes air material, land material and weapons systems. The command also investigates and develops new systems of weapons
Francisco Gregoric, 10 May 2008
![[FAA roundel]](../misc/ar^faa.gif)
image by Nicolas Rucks, 23 January 2000
Argentine Air Force aircrafts use a cockade blue-white-blue.
(Source: [pay])
Ivan Sache, 25 June 1997
I went to the National Aeronautics Museum (Museo Nacional de
Aeronáutica), and I checked the roundels on the planes for the
proportions. They appeared to be three concentrics circles of radiuses
1:2:3. Inner and outer circles are light blue (traditional argentine
celeste), middle circle is white.
Nicolas Rucks, 23 January 2000
![[FAA fin flash]](../misc/ar^fin.gif)
image by Dov Gutterman, 08 October 1999
Both Fuerza Aérea Argentina and
Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina
uses a square variant of the national flag as fin
flash while the sun is
replaced by a proeminent yellow/gold dot.
Dov Gutterman, 08 October 1999
I checked the book [whe86]
again and also some photos of FAA planes and it sure look
like a darker shade of blue. Using a darker shade is probably
to make the symbols (roundel and fin
flash) more visible.
Dov Gutterman, 10 October 1999
Well, I checked another source and it seems «The
aircraft roundel has the same colors
as the national ensign. (...)
The fin flash is a miniature of the national flag and
includes the “sun of May”
marking in the center commemorating the country’s
independence in 1810.»
Dov Gutterman, 10 October 1999
Album 2000 [pay00] says
in a note that the national flag is painted on the fin.
Željko Heimer, 03 February 2001
![[FAA roundel]](../images/a/ar^af45.gif)
![[FAA roundel]](../images/a/ar^af76a.jpg)
images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 April 2024
These symbols have been in use since 1945.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 April 2024
See also: Navy aircraft markings
![[FAA roundel]](../images/a/ar^fl.gif)
![[FAA roundel]](../images/a/ar^fle.jpg)
images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 12 May 2024
