South Air Force
The South Air Force was a military unit of the Argentine Air Force that controlled air units during the Falklands War.
The Strategic Air Command created the South Air Force to command the military air operations in south of Argentina. The chief of the IV Air Brigade, brigadier Ernesto Crespo, assumed as commander of the South Air Force.
The responsibility of the FAS included strategic, tactical and transport air operations at the South Operations Theatre and the South Atlantic Operations Theater.
The Malvinas Military Garrison depended almost entirely on the logistic support of the South Air Force.
The operations iniciated on 1 May 1982.
