{"id":63527,"date":"2022-12-12T21:56:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T21:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/12\/argentinas-president-throws-cold-water-on-fighter-jet-program\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:40:00","slug":"argentinas-president-throws-cold-water-on-fighter-jet-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2022\/12\/12\/argentinas-president-throws-cold-water-on-fighter-jet-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina\u2019s president throws cold water on fighter jet program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Correction: A previous version of this story mislabeled the status of Argentina\u2019s A-4M Skyhawk aircraft. They are currently unserviceable.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SANTIAGO, Chile \u2014 Argentina\u2019s president has ruled out the possibility of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2022\/09\/21\/argentina-eyes-664-million-for-fighter-jets\/\" target=\"_blank\">procuring supersonic fighter jets<\/a> for the country\u2019s Air Force in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with the Financial Times\u2019s \u201cGlobal Boardroom\u201d program last week, Alberto Fernandez was asked about the aircraft program, saying \u201cthere are other priorities before buying weapons, definitely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are no war problems, peace is the common denominator between us,\u201d he added, referring to South American nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president\u2019s statement follows the completed inspection and assessment by an Air Force team of a batch of secondhand F-16s offered by Denmark. Other aircraft under evaluation included India\u2019s Tejas and China\u2019s Chengdu FC-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentina previously considered \u2014 and then discarded the possibly of \u2014 buying Israel Aerospace Industries Kfir jets and Dassault Mirage F1 fighters, both secondhand. It also studied the possibility of acquiring Saab Gripen and Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50 fighters, but that also didn\u2019t work out after the U.K. blocked the supply to Argentina of key British-made parts in those aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentina has not had supersonic fighter jets in its operational inventory since 2015, when the last Mirage aircraft retired after 45 years of service. The Air Force\u2019s combat fleet is currently made up of armed IA-63 Pampa jet trainers and a handful of around six to eight A-4AR Fighting Hawks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnce more, the Air Force was left to dream about getting a supersonic fighter for a while, dedicating time and resources to inspect, evaluate and study solutions that came to nothing,\u201d Luis Pi\u00f1eiro, a Buenos Aires-based independent defense analyst, told Defense News. \u201cApparently blind to the buildup of air power in neighboring Brazil and Chile, President Fernandez sees only peace in South America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brazil operates a fleet of about 50 F-5 modernized fighters jets upgraded with beyond-visual-range missiles, and the country is starting to receive the first of 36 advanced Saab Gripen NG aircraft on order. 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