Ernesto Horacio Crespo
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Ernesto Horacio Crespo (born 1932[citation needed]) is an Argentine retired Brigadier General and former Chief of Staff of the Argentine Air Force.
In 1982, Crespo, who was the commander of the Forth Air Force Brigade at the time, was commanded to create, deploy and command the Fuerza Aerea Sur (English: Southern Air Force); the military organization that would control both Air Force and Argentine Navy air units that would later take part in the Falklands War (Spanish :Guerra de Malvinas ).
From 1985 to 1989 he acted as Chief of Staff of the Air Force under presidency of Raul Alfonsín. During the Carapintadas conflict within the Argentine Army, the Air Force under his command, standed in defence of the democratic government.[1]
During his mandate, the Air Force developed the Condor missile, which will be later discontinued in the earlies 1990s during the Carlos Menem presidency because of political preassure from the United States.
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