Mafé Huertas, Salvador

The Mirage F1 emerged from a series of design studies performed by French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation. Having originally sought to develop a larger swept wing derivative of the Mirage III, which became the Mirage F2, to serve as a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) propulsion testbed (...)

The birth of the Ninth Squadron (Novena Escuadrilla) of the Spanish Navy Fleet Air Arm (Flotilla de Aeronaves in short FLOAN) took place in 1987 with the receipt of the first three AV-8B aircraft from McDonnell Douglas factory in St. Louis on October 6 of that year. Deliveries continued for a total (...)

Este programa militar, que lleva en activo desde 1978 y en el que miles de pilotos y personal de apoyo se han graduado en la variedad de cursos generados, ha facilitado la transición entre varias generaciones tecnológicas de aviones y ha sobrevivido, adaptando su contenido, a la Guerra Fría, a la (...)

An in-depth look at Argentina's A-4 Skyhawk operations in the Falklands War, featuring firsthand pilot accounts and key air-naval engagements.Developed in the early 1950s for the US Navy and US Marine Corps, the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk first flew in June 1954. A compact, lightweight, and versatile (...)