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• Argentine Air Force Ranks:
  • Chief-of-Staff
  • Vice Chief-of-Staff
  • General Inspector
  • Air Regions Commander
  • Personnel Commander
  • Air Operations Commander
  • Materiel Commander
• Roundel
• Fin flash
• Historical development of roundels and fin flashes
• Low visibility roundel See also:
• Argentine Defense forces
• Argentina Other sites:
• Official Argentine Air Force website
  Reported by Miles Li, 25 May 2000

Argentine Air Force Ranks

Chief-of-Staff

Jefe del Estado Mayor General

[](../images/a/ar^jefa.gif)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 A�rea.
Francisco Gregoric, 10 May 2008

Vice Chief-of-Staff

Subjefe del Estado Mayor General

[](../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

General Inspector

Inspector General

[](../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

Air Regions Commander

Comandante de Regiones A�reas

[](../images/a/ar^crafa.gif)image by Miles Li, 16 April 2006

The Comando de Regiones A�reas (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 N�stor 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

Personnel Commander

Comandante de Personal

[](../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 Aviaci�n Militar (Air Force Academy), technical schools, hospitals and health organizations of the Air Force are part of this command.
Francisco Gregoric, 10 May 2008

Air Operations Commander

Comandante de Operaciones A�reas

[](../images/a/ar^coafa.gif)image by Miles Li, 16 April 2006

The main function of the Comando de Operaciones A�reas (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 A�reas (Air Brigades).
Francisco Gregoric, 10 May 2008

Materiel Commander

Comandante de Material

[](../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

Other sites:

• Ranks flags of the Argentine Air Force at the official Air Force website.
  Reported by Ant�nio Martins, 07 Jun 2007
• Ranks flags and coats of arms of the Argentine Air Force subdivisions at the website www.aeromilitaria.com.ar
• Information about the Commands of the Argentine Air Force at the website www.aeromilitaria.com.ar
• Command of Air Regions Official website
  Reported by Francisco Gregoric, 10 May 2008

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 Aeron�utica), 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

Fin flash

[](../misc/ar^fin.gif)image by Dov Gutterman, 08 October 1999

Both Fuerza A�rea Argentina and_Comando de Aviaci�n 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

Historical development of roundels and fin flashes

[](../images/a/ar^af45.gif) [](../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

Low visibility roundel

[](../images/a/ar^fl.gif) [](../images/a/ar^fle.jpg)images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 12 May 2024