Argentine air force planning to purchase some ten South Korea's FA-50 fighter

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The Argentine air force has selected South Korea’s FA-50 as its next fighter, Jane's reported this week. The decision is good news for a once-proud air arm that, in recent years, has precipitously declined in size and effectiveness. Argentine officials as early as 2016 had asked to evaluate the twin-seat, supersonic FA-50, Jane's reported. Read full article

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The KAI T-50 Golden Eagle is a family of South Korean supersonic advanced trainers and light combat aircraft, developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) with Lockheed Martin. The T-50 has been further developed into aerobatic and combat variants, namely T-50B, TA-50, and FA-50.

Unit cost
T-50: US$21 million (2008)
TA-50: US$25 million (2011)
FA-50: US$30 million (2012)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAI_T-50_Golden_Eagle#Armament_and_equipment

Argentina evaluates Korean FA-50 fighter (2016) defence.pk/pdf/threads/argentina-evaluates-korean-fa-50-fighter.448497/
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