Gringo-Gaucho are a contingent set of maneuvers performed between the

Argentine Naval Aviation ) Gulf War , anniversaries = , decorations = , battle_honours = , commander1 = President , commander1_label = Commander-in-Chief , commander2 ...

and

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

aircraft carriers An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a n ...

. The US Navy refers to them as Southern Seas in their last edition.

Gringo ''Gringo'' (, , ) (masculine) (or ''gringa'' (feminine)) is a term in Spanish and Portuguese for a foreigner, usually an English-speaking Anglo-American. There are differences in meaning depending on region and country. In Latin America, it is ...

and

Gaucho A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and the south of Chilean Patagonia. Gauchos became greatly admired and ...

are linguistic and folkloric designations of long standing, respectively.

History

The

Argentine Navy The Argentine Navy (ARA; es, Armada de la República Argentina). This forms the basis for the navy's ship prefix "ARA". is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with th ...

continuously operated an aircraft carrier from 1959 to 1990. When ARA ''Veinticinco de Mayo'' was retired, it was decided to keep an embarked air group with the hope of operating a carrier again in the future. In order to qualify the pilots, the traditional friendship with the

Brazilian Navy ) , colors= Blue and white , colors_label= Colors , march= " Cisne Branco" ( en, "White Swan") (same name as training ship '' Cisne Branco'' , mascot= , equipment= 1 multipurpose aircraft carrier7 submarines6 frigates2 corvettes4 amphibio ...

allowed Argentine naval aviators to operate from the deck of the Brazilian aircraft carriers ''Minas Gerais'' and ''São Paulo'' during ''ARAEX'' exercises. The only other choice available was with the United States. As the United States Navy does not maintain regular deployments of aircraft carriers in the

South Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe a ...

it is necessary to wait for one of them to perform a transit within Argentine coastal waters. The opportunities occur when the ships perform a transit around

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sou ...

to move between the East and West coasts of the United States since they are too large for the

Panama Canal The Panama Canal ( es, Canal de Panamá, link=no) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a condui ...

. The exercise is coordinated by US Naval Forces Southern Command, but unlike the ''Sao Paulo'' the Argentine aircraft solely perform

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Aircraft

Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard The Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard (''Étendard'' is French for " battle flag", cognate to English "standard") is a French carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft designed by Dassault-Breguet for service with the French Navy. The aircraft is ...

(

2da Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque The 2da Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque (EA32) (Second Naval Fighter/Strike squadron) is the main strike unit of the Argentine Naval Aviation, the air branch of the Argentine Navy. Badge The insignia is nicknamed ''La Lora'' (female parro ...

) * Grumman/IAI S-2T Turbo Tracker ( Naval Antisubmarine Squadron ) *

Alouette III Alouette or alouettes may refer to: Music and literature * "Alouette" (song), a French-language children's song * Alouette, a character in ''The King of Braves GaoGaiGar'' Aerospace * SNCASE Alouette, a utility helicopter developed in France i ...

and

Eurocopter Fennec The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) AS550 Fennec (now H125M) and AS555 Fennec 2 are lightweight, multipurpose military helicopters manufactured by Eurocopter Group (now Airbus Helicopters). Based on the AS350 Ecureuil and AS355 Ecureuil 2 ...

( 1st Naval Helicopter Squadron ) as SAR aircraft * Sikorsky/Agusta S-61 Sea King ( 2nd Naval Helicopter Squadron ) for general support duties

List of operations

* 1990, March: on transit for her Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) * 1990, October: * 1991, November: , including port visit to

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is a sh ...

* 1993: USS ''Constellation'' on the way back to the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the conti ...

after SLEP * 2001: . Cancelled due budget restrictions per

Argentine economic crisis Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

* 2004: video
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Gallery

Image:Argentine navy Super Etendard.JPEG, ''Super Etendard'' approaching USS ''Abraham Lincoln'' Image:Argentina navy S-2 Trackers.jpg, ''Trackers'' overflying the USS ''Carl Vinson'' Image:US Navy 040617-N-8213G-048 Aviation Boatswain^rsquo,s Mate 2nd Class Rodney Larkins, from Sacramento, Calif., lands an Argentine SA-316 Alouette III helicopter containing Distinguished Visitors (DV) on the flight deck.jpg,

acting as SAR helo on USS ''Ronald Reagan'' Image:Argentine Navy Dassault Super Etendard jet on USS Ronald Reagan.jpg, ''Super Etendard'' on USS ''Ronald Reagan'' Image:Landing Signal Officers aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on 10 March 2010 (100310-N-2953W-808).jpg,

Landing signal officer A landing signal officer or landing safety officer (LSO), also informally known as paddles (United States Navy) or batsman (Royal Navy), is a naval aviator specially trained to facilitate the "safe and expeditious recovery" of naval aircraft abo ...

on USS ''Carl Vinson'' Image:US Navy 040617-N-8213G-080 Aviation Boatswain^rsquo,s Mate 2nd Class Rodney Larkins, from Sacramento, Calif., lands an Argentine Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopter containing Distinguished Visitors (DV) on the flight deck.jpg, H-3 Sea King on USS ''Ronald Reagan'' File:USS Bunker Hill action DVIDS258434.jpg, Gringo-Gaucho 2010

References

Carl Vinson Unites with Argentina for Southern Seas 2010

Argentina-United States in joint exercise
{{refend Argentine Naval Aviation Military exercises involving the United States Military aviation exercises

History

Aircraft

List of operations

Gallery

See also

References