{"id":62289,"date":"2025-12-07T23:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T22:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=62289"},"modified":"2025-12-17T21:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:42:15","slug":"the-arrival-in-argentina-of-its-first-six-f-16-fighter-jets-flown-from-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/12\/07\/the-arrival-in-argentina-of-its-first-six-f-16-fighter-jets-flown-from-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"The arrival in Argentina of its first six F-16 fighter jets, flown from Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week the Argentine Air Force is celebrating the first step in its long-awaited renewal of its fleet of fighter jets.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/16\/argentina-buys-24-f-16s-and-we-can-now-see-how-they-will-be-armed-and-decorated\/\">Argentina buys 24 F-16s and we can now see how they will be armed and decorated<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/12\/14\/the-transfer-of-an-f-16bm-fighter-on-a-plane-from-denmark-to-argentina-with-a-stopover-in-spain\/\">The transfer of an F-16BM fighter on a plane from Denmark to Argentina with a stopover in Spain<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/16\/argentina-buys-24-f-16s-and-we-can-now-see-how-they-will-be-armed-and-decorated\/\">In April 2024, Argentina purchased 24 F-16 fighter jets from Denmark<\/a>. The aircraft acquired are the Block 15 variant, upgraded to the Tape 6.5 standard: <strong>16 single-seat F-16A MLU and 8 two-seat F-16B MLU<\/strong> for conversion training. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/12\/14\/the-transfer-of-an-f-16bm-fighter-on-a-plane-from-denmark-to-argentina-with-a-stopover-in-spain\/\">The first F-16B arrived in Argentina in December 2024<\/a>, transported by a C-130H Hercules of the Argentine Air Force. This aircraft will be used to train maintenance personnel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970145525_3bcf0f3431_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk3MDE0NTUyNSwiZSI6MTc2NTE0NzA1MywicyI6IjA5YzIxYWZhMWNiZjVlMWU2NjY5YTZmNDc0MzUzMzgzYWU0YmE0NzkiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970145525_5691084248_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FuerzaAerea_Arg\/status\/1997068621881762236\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The first six operational fighter jets arrived this Friday<\/a>: <strong>two F-16As and four F-16Bs<\/strong>. The aircraft took off on November 28 from Vojens, Denmark, making two stops in Spain (at the Zaragoza and Gando air bases) and a final stop in Natal, Brazil, before arriving this Friday in C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina. <strong>This long flight was supported by KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft from the US Air Force.<\/strong> This Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@flybywire-aviation\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fly By Wire Aviation<\/a> (a YouTube channel I recommend you subscribe to) posted a video with footage of this historic arrival (the video is in Spanish; you can activate automatic English subtitles in the bottom bar of the player):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aerocuriosidades-Presentaci\u00f3n de los seis F-16 de la Fuerza A\u00e9rea Argentina\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FL8QJv1Hwms?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>These first six aircraft are the F-16A M-1009 and M-1020 and the F-16B M-1004, M-1005, M-1007, and M-1008.<\/strong> The aircraft have been painted in Denmark in a monochrome gray scheme. The Danish fighters previously sported the classic Hill Gray paint scheme of the F-16.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970097469_a04e1bbf31_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk3MDA5NzQ2OSwiZSI6MTc2NTE0NzAwMSwicyI6ImVmZjlhMjVhZGU3MmVhM2U0NmY0NzViYTU3ODdiZjYwMTA4YTk3MjQiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970097469_2000f2b4c1_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For the first time, Argentina is using low-visibility roundels on its fighter jets<\/strong>. A curious effect is that, from a distance, the roundels look Finnish. <strong>Personally, I would have preferred the roundels to be in color<\/strong>; after all, the Argentine flag has very beautiful colors, and the size of the roundels barely affects the aircraft's visibility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970097454_dde7b1b0b9_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk3MDA5NzQ1NCwiZSI6MTc2NTE0Njk0NiwicyI6IjkwNTJmNzVjMjg3ZTAwZTZlYWIyZjdjNDkyNWQ4NjJlYzVlYmQ5MTEiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970097454_89b4cb7f4d_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deliveries will continue at a rate of six aircraft per year until all 24 are completed in 2028.<\/strong> The new fighter jets will replace the 36 Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk aircraft, a modernized version of the A-4 Skyhawk. These aircraft have been in service for many years. The first A-4s arrived in Argentina in 1965, and the aircraft currently in service were modernized from part of the fleet received at that time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54968948712_3643d0cbed_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk2ODk0ODcxMiwiZSI6MTc2NTE0NjgxNCwicyI6ImVlYzM0NDU1MWFhMDQyMDZlMGM3ZmM4YjAwYjAyMmIxNTRiZmVmYTciLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54968948712_6b1ac6d137_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In addition to the fighter jets, Argentina will receive missiles, spare parts, JHMCS helmets, eight engines, and four simulators.<\/strong> Interestingly, these first six aircraft carried something resembling AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, without their leading fins and painted orange, on their wingtip pylons. These are <strong>Acceleration Monitoring Device (AMD) pods<\/strong>. This device is used to increase the aircraft's radar signature during training exercises, in order to improve its tracking from the ground.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970097444_dba8e8cd87_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk3MDA5NzQ0NCwiZSI6MTc2NTE0NzMyMCwicyI6IjA2NjI3NmE1YWQ2ZDc1ODQ4ZjQ0YTliOThkNmNhNzE2MDg2ZjUxNmQiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970097444_1f75dfd862_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You can see more photos of this arrival here<\/strong>, published a few hours ago by the Argentine Air Force on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FuerzaAereaArgentina.Oficial\/posts\/pfbid029mcZuCxvhnwe9v2mV1F457Zbp9Xc86SG9RZCGkQiecUm6vLVwN1T2RrkJkTdo2b5l\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54968948682_dd62ac4d00_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk2ODk0ODY4MiwiZSI6MTc2NTE0NzM1MSwicyI6ImViMjAxNGJiZGZhNzdiZTBiZGIyNjM2YmU2NjIyNDBjNWM1NGE2NGUiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54968948682_6563e445aa_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970145550_180a8b282a_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk3MDE0NTU1MCwiZSI6MTc2NTE0Njc5MSwicyI6ImZjMmY0YzJmZjQ5MzZhNTllYWRiMjZiNThjYjNlOWIwODRhMDJjNjEiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970145550_31882dc2a1_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970145540_0376121a8c_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk3MDE0NTU0MCwiZSI6MTc2NTE0NzM2OSwicyI6IjI2ODY4MDhmMzE2MGZiNWEwMTMxMjVlNTk4ZWFmMDU5MWE1MmNiNjIiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54970145540_56623b139c_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54969841001_f7c4f88d0f_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk2OTg0MTAwMSwiZSI6MTc2NTE0NzQ0MSwicyI6Ijc5MDUwODZlOWIxZWZmNWYxODFjYTg5NWUwODM4YjMwNDliOTIzMTIiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54969841001_65c31e5390_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54968948667_f3ab99d03d_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk2ODk0ODY2NywiZSI6MTc2NTE0NzQ1OCwicyI6IjRmZDFiODM3MjhjOWM3OWM4ZDZlYWY1ZWVkNDYxM2IwZWM1MTU0MDkiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54968948667_0553de308b_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FuerzaAereaArgentina.Oficial\/posts\/pfbid029mcZuCxvhnwe9v2mV1F457Zbp9Xc86SG9RZCGkQiecUm6vLVwN1T2RrkJkTdo2b5l\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fuerza A\u00e9rea Argentina<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week the Argentine Air Force is celebrating the first step in its long-awaited renewal of its fleet of fighter jets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,11546],"tags":[2081,20349,15557,1257],"class_list":["post-62289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-military-aviation","tag-argentina","tag-argentine-air-force","tag-denmark","tag-general-dynamics-f-16-fighting-falcon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}