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Santiago Rivas, Buenos Aires - Jane's Defence Weekly
30 April 2020

The Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina: FAA) is progressing some of its chief procurement and upgrade programmes, despite both the Covid-19 and economic crises slowing the acquisition efforts of the wider armed forces.

Speaking to Jane's in late April, the Chief of Staff of the FAA, Brigadier Xavier Isaac, noted the key programmes currently under way.

According to Brig Isaac, the coronavirus has actually sped up Argentina's efforts to modernise four of its Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules airlifters, whose delivery back to the FAA was being delayed. As well, the contract between Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) and the FAA for the work on a fifth aircraft was signed and the aircraft is expected to be ready by early 2021.

The single civil-variant L-100-30 of the air force is already at the factory and the FAA is expected to sign the contract for its modernisation this year or in early 2021. After that, the air force will analyse the possibility of modernising the only other complete C-130H not yet upgraded.

Also in the transport aircraft area, the FAA is moving forward with the tender to buy a second-hand Boeing 737-300, -400, or -700 series aircraft, and have it delivered before the end of the year to replace the current Fokker F.28. At the same time, works are under way aimed at returning a second F.28 into service, with the goal of fielding it until about 2024.

The purchase of 10 Beechcraft TC-12B Hurons from US Navy stocks has been completed and the first aircraft are expected to arrive in Argentina before the end of the year. They will be used to train the FAA's transport pilots, instead of doing it with the Twin Otters, and to use them for liaison between the main bases.

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The Argentine MoD has signed open purchase orders with FAdeA, valued at $14.4 million (€12.2 million) to provide aeronautical services for the Argentine Air Force.

The contract covers modernisation of the fifth C-130 HERCULES (TC-64), which has been at the factory since 2018 while overhaul works were being performed: work will now continue on its modernisation and upgrade.

The programme also calls for final development, fabrication and certification of the IA-63 PAMPA II simulator, to be used by IV Air Brigade, which operates the PAMPA II fleet. Finally, the contract covers completion of flight tests, certification and integration for the ISR system for the IA-58 PUCARÁ FÉNIX aircraft, using the prototype (OVX-501).

The government plans to modernise an additional four aircraft – for which the airframes have already been selected – in 2021.

Santiago Rivas and Florencia Lucero Heguy in Buenos Aires for MON

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