The air campaign in the Falklands war has numerous unexplored areas. However, because of the huge obstacles blocking research, the field cannot be recommended to scholars. Unlike students of the periods up to World War II, no unpublished archival materials are available. Of the three armed services, the air force has been the most reluctant to grant scholars direct access to its personnel. It has partially compensated for this reticence by allowing the publication of narratives and interviews, but without the filter of an independent researcher.

For the near future, the most promising approach is to reconstruct the early history of the Argentine air force. No scholarly analysis of its history exists, so when the Argentine air force suddenly burst on the scene in 1982, there was no readily available perspective. Some archival materials are available to trace the birth of military aviation in Argentina and the development of a propeller-based air force. The transition to jet airplanes during the Juan Perón era (1946–1955) and the establishment of the air force as a service separate from the army await scholarly examination.

Once sources become available, military historians will be able to shed considerable light on the period from the fall of Perón in 1955 to the outbreak of the war in 1982. During those years, Argentina made the crucial decisions that shaped the military aviation that was available to face the British. A scholarly examination of the structure, functioning, and practices of the air force is sorely needed. The immediate prewar period from late 1981 to March 1982 was crucial. During those months, air force chief Basilio Lami Dozo knew that the military junta was planning to invade the islands but apparently did nothing to prepare the air force.

The whole issue of the leadership of Lami Dozo during the war remains a mystery. He has not satisfactorily explained his lack of action. Most notably, the plans and motivations behind the decisions made at the headquarters and air bases in Argentina remain unclear or largely unknown. The pilots and ground personnel have been willing to speak honestly about their successes and failures, but the administrators have kept silent about the key decisions. Many tactical and operational details also remain unclear; most glaringly, an exact operational inventory of the weapons, airplanes, and equipment of the air force is sorely needed.