{"id":203,"date":"2010-04-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/?p=203"},"modified":"2011-10-18T03:01:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T02:01:12","slug":"argentine-mirage-replacement-still-in-planning-as-pilots-airframes-soldier-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/argentine-mirage-replacement-still-in-planning-as-pilots-airframes-soldier-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentine Mirage replacement still in planning as pilots, airframes soldier on"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Click to enlarge...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationcorner.net\/show_photo.asp?id=221277\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/avc_00221277.jpg?w=1140\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A two-seat Dagger T in an impressive Patagonian sunset so much representative of the type\u2019s protracted retirement and replacement process (all photo: Santiago Cortelezzi).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"justify\">Ministry of Defence and Air Force top brass continue to mull figures, methods and plans to find a replacement for the service&#8217;s ageing fleet of delta fighters (Mirage, Finger, Mara and Dagger variants). At a ceremony graduating the type&#8217;s two newest pilots on 8 April, Air Force Secretary General, Brigadier Jorge M. Reta, said Defence continues to &#8220;analyse different options to replace the Mirage weapons system&#8221; while re-stating that a &#8220;decision to replace [those aircraft] has been [effectively] made&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" id=\"table2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-6842223591044281\";\n\/* AM - Pie de portada *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2102090342\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\">But, as it has often been the case in the protracted process to phase out the venerable French and Israeli fighters in Argentine service, Reta would not confirm terms nor dates by pointing out that everything was subject to selection of the replacement aircraft and to matching budget allocations to engineering and operational requirements that will permit purchase not only of the airframes &#8220;but everything surrounding [them]&#8221;. Keeping a political hatch at hand should the process be further delayed, Reta nonetheless said Argentine Mirages are able to &#8220;continue flying&#8221; and went on to say that &#8220;one of the possibilities under [consideration] is selling [the] present aircraft [fleet] to another country&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Advertising<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-6842223591044281\";\n\/* Link unit for text *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4669723431\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina\u2019s Air Force has spent decades planning to replace its dwindling inventory of Delta-fighters. The most recent solo flight ceremony was a good opportunity to check official sources as to the present status of this \u201cnever ending story\u201d kind of project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence","tag-aeromilitaria-argentina"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/avc_00164588.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1JKRl-3h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7715,"url":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-argentine-deltas-wrecks-relics\/","url_meta":{"origin":203,"position":0},"title":"The hitchhiker&#8217;s guide to Argentine Mirage wrecks &#038; 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