Bolivian Air Force operations during the Ñancahuazú Counter-Insurgency Campaign – 1967
byUp to this date, we have five decades worth of material written about the nine-month guerrilla campaign led by Ernesto “Che” Guevara in Bolivia….
Up to this date, we have five decades worth of material written about the nine-month guerrilla campaign led by Ernesto “Che” Guevara in Bolivia….
By the middle of 1960, the novelty of Fidel Castro’s Cuban Revolution was wearing thin and many of those who had first zealously supported…
Not many people know that Mexico, under the leadership of President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, sided with the Spanish Republican government during that country’s…
One of the earliest companies to fly passenger service in Honduras and perhaps Central America was the little known “Compañía Aérea Hondureña.” The reasons…
This short article about the Guatemalan airline Aviateca, was published on the “Bulletin of the Pan American Union” of July 1947. Besides a couple…
Every so often, fate hands the historian additional facts with which to craft a more complete account of an event or activity. Often, these…
In 1936, during Col. Rafael Franco’s regime, a decision was made to purchase 60 new aircraft to re-equip the Paraguayan Air Arm. This move…
The subject of speculation, conjecture and considerable mis-information for years, the little known Caproni Ca. 135s built and exported to Peru for use by…
En el marco de la mal llamada «Guerra del Fútbol» ocurrida entre Honduras y El Salvador en Julio de 1969, sobresale la actuación del -entonces-…
Ever since I was a child airplanes have fascinated me, and that does not come hard to explain as my father has many hours…