With the arrival of former German & Italian scientists & pilots from war-torn Europe to Argentina, their influence allowed Juan Peron's administration to overhaul their armed forces, especially the Fuerza Aerea Argentina. From a brief period of piston-engine fighters to the 1st operational jets in South America, trained and led by the German-Italian Condor Legion. Moving the nation into a new superpower in the southern hemisphere, Peron was able to remain in control by the loyalty of the Legion; even into a conflict to unite his people against a common foe, in the First Malvinas/Falklands War.

Argentina's first mass-produced jet fighter in service, its inexperienced new pilots were first trained to fight in "swarms" against enemy planes, to some effect but higher casualty rates. This tactic was used much against British forces in the First Malvinas/Falklands War, initially successful in overwhelming smaller groups, but straying pilots were often quickly picked off in dogfights against Royal Air Force & Royal Navy fighters.