War veteran F-28 moved to a museum

On April 2, Argentina’s Museo Nacional de Malvinas (Malvinas National Museum) unveiled its latest exhibit, former Argentine Naval Air Branch Fokker F-28 5-T-20 (s/n 11145) Purchased in 1979 as part of a three F-28 order, 5-T-20 was somewhat prophetically christened ‘Islas Malvinas’ when pressed into service within the 2nd Mobile Support Squadron based at the Ezeiza Naval Air Base, located adjacent to the Ministro Pistarini International Airport. The aircraft was the last to land on the islands during the first