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- ↑ Libro Blanco de la Defensa 2015. Buenos Aires. 2015. Despliegue detallado de las Fuerzas Armadas. ISBN 978-987-3689-25-3.
- ↑ Quijano, Rosario; Mereyro, Mariel (2019). "En marcha: segundo paso del proceso de reconversión del Ejército Argentino". Soldados (in Spanish) (253): 7. ISSN 0329-4358.
- ↑ "Ejército Unidades aéreas". Aeromilitaria Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2020.