Brigadier General Normando Costantino (born 1952) is the current Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force

Argentine Air Force

The Argentine Air Force is the national aviation branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. , it had 14,606 military and 6,854 civilian staff.-History:...

. He has a degree in Air and Space Systems.

Career

Costantino is a veteran of the 1982 Falklands War

Falklands War

The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...

 , where he fought as an A-4C Skyhawk

A-4 Skyhawk

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D...

 pilot although his only two missions were aborted (one because a VHF radio problem and the other an aerial refueling

Aerial refueling

Aerial refueling, also called air refueling, in-flight refueling , air-to-air refueling or tanking, is the process of transferring fuel from one aircraft to another during flight....

 failure from the KC-130 Hercules)

In November 2006, he was appointed as the overall commander of the Air Force following Eduardo Schiaffino's dismissal by the senior Argentine political leadership.