공격기 아르헨티나, 쉬페르 에탕다르 운용 포기하고 퇴역

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아르헨티나가 1979년 도입한 기체 외에도 2018년 도입한 프랑스 운용 기체까지 포함해 쉬페르 에탕다르의 운용을 포기하고 퇴역을 결정했습니다. 

2018년 1월 프랑스 해군이 운용하던 중고기체 5기를 1,200만 유로에 도입하기로 결정하고, 몇 달간 지불이 지연된 끝에 2020년 5월 인도돼 1번기가 롤아웃되기도 했지만 결국 작전에 투입되지 못하고 퇴역을 결정했네요. 

도입 당시부터 마틴 베이커제 사출좌석의 수출 금지 및 기타 부품 문제가 예상됐었다고 합니다. 3년만에 영국의 제재를 우회하는 걸 포기하고 퇴역시켜버리네요. 

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/argentina-gives-up-on-super-etendard-fighters-after-controversial-procurement

Argentina gives up on Super Etendard fighters after controversial procurement

BYCLEMENT CHARPENTREAU

2023-05-19

2 MINUTE READ

Martin Otero / Wikimedia

Argentine Minister of Defense Jorge Taiana formally announced the retirement of the last Dassault Super Étendard single-engine attack fighters, both the original models purchased in 1979 and those acquired second-hand from France in 2018. 

In January 2018, the sale of the five Dassault-Breguet Super Etendard Modernisés that had retired from active duty within the French Navy was announced during a visit by then-President Macri to France.  

The €12 million contract included eight ATAR 8K50 engines, spare parts, and a training simulator. After Argentina delayed the payment for four months, the five aircraft were eventually delivered and in May 2020, one of them made its first rollout. However, these aircraft have never been able to achieve operational status. 

Diplomatic grounding 

Since the war fought between the United Kingdom and Argentina in 1982 over the Falkland Islands, the former has imposed an arms embargo on the South American country.  

Due to the embargo, the Super Etendard Modernisés could not be delivered with their MK6 ejection seat manufactured by the British group Martin Baker. Three years later, the Argentinian authorities have finally given up on circumventing British sanctions.  

“We had planned to recover them, so I went to speak with the [French] defense minister, who told me that they cannot be recovered, for two reasons,” Taiana explained during a press conference for the Day of the Argentine Navy on May 17, 2023. “Because of the seats, which the British did not give up, and because of a series of parts of the Super Etendard Modernisés that are now retired. Therefore they, who had initially seen the possibility of manufacturing the parts, say that they cannot make them.” 

The reasons given may seem surprising given that they were known before the purchase was finalized. Regardless, the retirement of the Super Étendard marks the end of Argentina’s naval aviation. And with only several antique A-4AR Fightinghawk light attack jets still operating, the country’s military and defense authorities are left facing questions about the future of their aerial capabilities.

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2004년에는 미국 항모에 가서 훈련하더니 이제 퇴역이네요.

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