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Sep 20, 1903 Durango, Mexico Died on 04 Jul 1969 (aged 65)
Mexican general
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About Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez
- General de División Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez (6 October 1903 – 4 July 1969) was a military aviator and head of the Mexican Air Force.
- As a Colonel he made a goodwill flight of several countries in Latin America.
- He traveled almost 35,000 km in 118 hours of flight time aboard a Lockheed 12, named "President Carranza" returning to Mexico City on September 13, 1940.
- He commanded the Fuerza Aérea Expedicionaria Mexicana (FAEM), who participated in World War II at the Battle of Luzon in the Philippines.
- The FAEM is notable as the only Mexican military unit ever to fight outside Mexico itself.
- Ixtepec No.
- 2 Air Base in Ixtepec, Oaxaca is named in honour of General Cárdenas Rodríguez. Rodríguez Cárdenas retired from the Mexican Air Force with the rank of Divisional General.
