Normando Costantino

Normando Costantino
Brigadier General Normando Costantino
Born	1952
Allegiance	Argentina
Service/branch	Argentine Air Force
Rank	Brigadier General (equivalent to 3-star or 4-star rank)

Brigadier General ^[1] Normando Costantino (born 1952) is the current Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force. He has a degree in Air and Space Systems.^[2]

Career

Costantino is a veteran of the 1982 Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas),^[3] where he fought as an A-4C Skyhawk pilot ^[4] although his only two missions were aborted (one because a VHF radio problem and the other an aerial refueling failure from the KC-130 Hercules) ^[5]

In November 2006, he was appointed as the overall commander of the Air Force following Eduardo Schiaffino's dismissal by the senior Argentine political leadership.^[6]

References

1. ^ Argentine Air Force Official Web
2. ^ http://www.telediariodigital.com.ar/leer.asp?idx=15872
3. ^ Buenos Aires Herald newspaper
4. ^ [1]
5. ^ [La batalla aérea de nuestras Islas Malvinas, ISBN 9509965804]
6. ^ http://buenosairesherald.com/editorial/editorial_english_note.jsp?idContent=329319

Military offices
Preceded by Eduardo Schiaffino	Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force 2006–	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Costantino, Normando
Alternative names
Short description	Argentine military leader
Date of birth	1952
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death