Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm
After UN Security Council Resolutions 661, 662, 665 and 678, the Argentine Republic decided to send ships to enforce the embargo. Subsequently, Operation "Alfil" (Bishop) started.
Task Group 88.0
The Gulf War
Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm After UN Security Council Resolutions 661, 662, 665 and 678, the Argentine Republic decided to send ships to enforce the embargo. Subsequently, Operation "Alfil" (Bishop) started. Task Group 88.0
Under the command of Captain Rosenthal, the MEKO 360H2 destroyer A.R.A, Almirante Brown (Commander Tierno) and the MEKO 140 A 16, along with a detachment of the First Naval Air Squadron (Helos) , or EA1H, the TG performed over 700 interceptions, with more than 25.000 miles sailed in the Operations Theatre. They had to open fire 4 times.
Task Group 88.1
The last missions.
Because the situation had changed, when TG 88.0 had to return, it was replaced by a MEKO 140A16 Frigate, A.R.A. Rosales (Commander Teobaldi) and a Costa Sur Transport, A.R.A. Bahía San Blas, loaded with humanitarian aid (Commander Rolón). The group was under the Command of Captain Haselbag