Operativo Alfil

Statistics
Part of	Operation Bishop
Commanders	Ship-of-the-line Captain Eduardo Rosenthal; Ship-of-the-line Captain Rodolfo Hasselbag
Operations	570 interceptions and 17 escort missions
Victories	29 vessels successfully escorted

Operation Bishop (Spanish: *Operativo Alfil*)
Operation Bishop (Spanish: Operativo Alfil)
Part of Operation Desert Shield
	Alouette III helicopter onboard USNS Comfort in 1991.
Operational scope	Operational
Location	Persian Gulf
Commanded by	Ship-of-the-line Captain Eduardo Rosenthal September 1990-February 1991; Ship-of-the-line Captain Rodolfo Hasselbag February 1991-May 1991
Objective	Control maritime traffic and enforce the seizure of materials, merchandise and cargo that went to or came from Iraq or Kuwait
Date	September 1990-August 1991
Executed by	88.0 Task Group: September 1990-February 1991; 88.1 Task Group: February 1991-May 1991
Outcome	Coalition victory; Designation of Argentina as Major non-NATO ally
Casualties	One Alouette III helicopter damaged

Operation Bishop (Spanish: Operativo Alfil) was the Argentine contribution to the coalition forces from around 42 nations led by the United States in the Gulf War against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The task force was composed of four warships and two helicopters.^[1]^[2]

Operation Alfil led to Argentina being designated a major non-NATO ally of the United States by President Bill Clinton in 1998.^[3]

References

^ "La Argentina enviará tropas al Golfo Pérsico". 13 February 1998. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ Santiago L. Aversa. "La Armada Argentina en el Golfo". Fuerzas Navales (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ "Argentina, gran aliado extra-OTAN" [Argentina, major non-NATO ally]. Perfil (in Spanish). 29 April 2016.