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Argentina has been searching the market for brand-new combat aircraft for a while now.

Since the British armed forces devastated the Argentinian Air Force during the Falklands War in 1982, there have been limited equipment upgrading and upgrades.

Argentina’s last Mirage-III fighter jets were retired in 2015, and as of 2023, the only combat-capable aircraft it operates are a small number of Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fighting-Hawks, a modernised version of the iconic A-4 Skyhawk, a model that first flew in the 1950s, and a very small number of FMA IA-63 Pampa trainers that were domestically produced.

Since no suitable aircraft could be identified for this job, the US had to send its own F-16 fighter jets to escort Air Force One during President Barack Obama’s 2016 state visit to Argentina due to the Argentinian Air Force’s current situation.

Due to Argentina’s continued claim to the Falkland Islands, attempts to acquire modern combat aircraft have frequently been stymied by a UK ban on any Western models that contain British-made components.

Other possibilities, such purchasing used Sukhoi Su-24s from Russia or Chinese-Pakistani JF-17 Thunders, have been thought about in recent years but haven’t yet come to pass.

A single-engined, multi-role combat aircraft called the HAL TEJAS had its first flight in 2015 with the Indian Air Force and is now accessible in both land-based and naval versions.