British Combat Aircraft in Latin America

Born in 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, started his career as aviation and defense journalism and photographer in 1997 and in 2002 he received the title of journalist in the Argentine Catholic University. Since then he has published his material in more than 70 different media around the world in all five continents, being correspondent on fourteen magazines. Currently he is specialized in Latin American aviation and defense matters, both historic and recent and manages one of the main defense and aviation archives in Argentina providing material for more than 40 magazines around the world. He has published 24 books in six countries and took part in many others. Also, he is director of Pucará Defensa website (pucara.org) and Pucará military aviation magazine. To fulfill his work, he has traveled to most Latin American countries and to Europe, working with most of the Latin American Armed Forces.

In the aftermath of World War II, Britain had some of the world's most advanced military aircraft, and the decision to start selling its modern warplanes to Latin America gave it an advantage over the United States who had been the main provider of planes to Latin American air forces until that point. This was one of the main reasons why so many South American air forces chose to buy British combat aircraft right into the 1970s.