By late 2017 none of the original Super Etendards were flightworthy, according toFlights 2018 survey of world air arms. [3], Throughout the years following World War I, the predecessor to the Argentine Air Force received various aircraft from France and Italy. 30 anc, and the assault glider I.Ae. The builders say that the JF-17 can be used for multiple roles, including interception, ground attack, anti-ship, and aerial reconnaissance. SANTIAGO, Chile Argentinas government has told lawmakers that it plans to spend about $684 million to procure new fighter jets and build related infrastructure. British forces in 1982 shot down around a third of Argentinas 400 warplanes, but in subsequent decades funding woes and mismanagement exacted an even greater toll. British forces in 1982 shot down around a third of Argentinas 400 warplanes, but in subsequent decades funding woes and mismanagement exacted an even greater toll. The Argentine government has allocated $664 million US in funding for the purchase of 12 modern fighters in its draft budget for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The Argentine Air Force has three fighter options, the HAL Tejas, offered by India, the CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder (China and Pakistan) and second-hand Lockheed Martin F-16 A/B fighters from Argentine Air Force stocks. The Mirages left service in mid-2015. During the 1970s, the Air Force re-equipped itself with Mirage III interceptors, IAI Dagger multi-role fighters, and C-130 Hercules cargo planes. The FA-50s would help the air force to begin rebuilding. During the junta dictatorship, both the naval air component and the Air Force recieved new aircraft, such as the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, Dassault Super tendard and the Dassault Mirage III. By late 2015 the Argentine air force and navy together could muster fewer than 250 warplanes, including a few Vietnam War-vintage, subsonic A-4s and equally aged, but supersonic, French-made Mirages. Here's What You Need to Remember:The FA-50s would help the air force to begin rebuilding. However, when asked by the outlet, Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana stated that the air force is still receiving proposals. In his first term, President Juan Pern brought teams of European engineers to the FMA, then known as the Instituto Aerotcnico ('Aerotechnical Institute'), or I.Ae., to promote aircraft technological development. "Rumbos Aeronuticos, Issue 28" mentions only 1 in service. Finland prepares for F-35 fighter's arrival, contemplates fate of ageing F/A-18 Hornets amid NATO cooperation, Lockheed Martin wins new Hellfire and JAGM missile contract, Lockheed Martin takes $172 million contract modification for F-35 Block 4 jets, General Atomics achieves AI flight milestone with Avenger UAV, Aero Vodochody conducts L-39NG basic weapons tests, US buys 21 tactical resupply drones for navy and marines, US Air Force receives first upgraded F-16 for South Korean air defence mission. [citation needed], The Argentine Air Force came into active operation for the first time on June 16, 1955 during the bombing of the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. But the IA-58s also are slated for imminent retirement. Additional 1981 order of 1 each B.62 and T.64 not delivered. The offers under consideration are those of China, with its JF-17 Block III (or FC-1 Xiaolong); India with the HAL Tejas and the US with the F-16MLU, which will soon be decommissioned by the Royal Danish Air Force. Photo credit: Asuspine viaWikimedia CommonsandPeng ChenFlickr:Pakistan airforce FC-1 Xiao Long. The plan failed, and the rebels bombed the city and the House of Government). [But] they have also powers to change the destination of approved budgets, so can take the funds for something else, he told Defense News. 2023 Shephard Press Limited (The), All rights reserved. On 3 July 2019, Guatemala signed a contract worth $28 million for two Pampa III jet trainers. (1st Lt Savanah Bray/U.S. The acquisition of Spanish Mirage F1Ms, IAI Kfir Block 60s[32] and Saab Gripen E/Fs were considered, but as of February 2015, all of those deals appear to have stalled; the Mirage F1 deal was scrapped by the Spanish government in March 2014, after pressure from the UK to not assist in FAA modernization over tensions between the countries over the Falkland Islands. The RAF Eurofighter Typhoons . Five ex-French navy Super Etendard fighters in May 2019 arrived at the port of Bahia Blanca in Argentina. Nobody can say that Argentina can now spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the purchase of submarines, but it can have a strategy to develop this purchase with financing and over a period of years, which is what these large purchases and large achievements generally take. Today just a handful of weapons-capable warplanes remain in Argentine service, including around two dozen each subsonic IA-63 attack jets and IA-58 counterinsurgency planes. The FA-50s would exceed them in speed, firepower and sophistication. It is requesting funds to accelerate the delivery of Boeing E-7A aircraft and buy additional . So much for the words of the Minister of Defense of the Argentine Republic, confirming that although the three major military re-equipment projects (supersonic multi-role 4/4.5 gen fighters, submarines and wheeled armored vehicles) continue to be fundamental for the Argentine Armed Forces, their completion will require excellent external financing conditions, or a significant extra-budgetary reinforcement to complement FONDEF. [37] The A-4s were grounded as of January 2016[update], for lack of spares;[38] in any case only 45 were airworthy with the rest in storage at Villa Reynolds. [CDATA[// >