The Argentine Air Force (FAA) Today he shared a strange Christmas greeting in which he united with Artificial Intelligence (AI), two elements that are very alien to each other: the brand new F-16 Fighting Falcon recently added to the fleet and Santa Claus.
The institution published a video from social networks in which Santa Claus stars in an atypical journey in which he leaves the classic reindeer behind and boards a sleigh pulled by the recently acquired fighter-bomber aircraft Denmark. The sequence combines digital and audiovisual resources with images of the pilots and military weapons.
The material was intended as an institutional message for the military aviation family. In the voice of Santa Claus, digitized and recreated with AI, the iconic Christmas character says, “I wanted to wish all members of the FAA a Merry Christmas and congratulate them on deploying the new F-16 to defend the skies of the homeland.”
During digital processing, real images of the transfer flight are integrated Denmark to Argentina, route along which the first six F-16s arrived in the national territory on December 6th after technical stops Zaragoza and the Canary Islandsin Spain, as well as in IndigenousBrazil. In the order you see Santa Claus He wears his traditional red attire with white trim, a thick, curled mustache and an aviation device in his right hand as he communicates with the control tower: “Control tower, this is Santa Claus asking for permission to land.”
At the end of the video, the character adds: “They are the true owners of the air“, while the animation shows the F-16s escorting it and then taking the place of the reindeer, moving the sleigh at high speed over recognizable landscapes such as the skies of Buenos Aires and the USA obelisk.
The greeting broadcast this Saturday was presented the evening before during a Christmas concert at the St. Pauli Festival Condor Building heliportAir Force General Staff Headquarters near retreat. The event featured FAA musicians and guest artists and was primarily attended by members of the institution. “I hope you enjoyed a lovely Christmas concert“Santa Claus points out in the sequence.
The images of the ferry flight used in the issue show part of the trip as part of the purchase of 24 tactical aircraft, of which six F-16s have already arrived. Sequences of the start can be seen in Skrydstrup Air Force Basethe stopover procedures in European and Brazilian territory and the final arrival on Río Cuarto material areain Cordoba.
The decision to combine this documentary content with the animated proposal aims to highlight both the celebratory nature of the date and the recent achievement of the force, which included war material considered “historic”.
The video ends with the sentence “Happy Holidays, Aviation Family!“, in the figure of Santa Claus and the fleeing fighters. Then a panel appears with the coat of arms of Argentine Air Forcedecorated with seasonal motifs and pyrotechnic traces.
The first planes arrived in the country in the first week of December four two-seat F-16BM and two single-seat F-16AMaccompanied by a Boeing 737 T-99 and a KC-130H for support operations. The weapons of war flew low through the sky of the city of Buenos Aires. In Río Cuarto, thousands of visitors visited the Las Higueras air base, where they are staying so that the people of Cordoba can get to know them.
Currently, The planes are manned by Danish pilotswhile Argentine pilots travel in the rear cabins to complete their training. Tandil’s VI Air Brigade will be the training center where a modern F-16 tactical simulator is already in use.
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