Argentine Air Force bought a used aircraft at double its market price, Clarín investigation finds

Sunday, May 17th 2026 - 13:53 UTC

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The Argentine Air Force (FAA) acquired in 2025 an Embraer ERJ-140LR aircraft for USD 4.085 million, nearly double the price the same provider had quoted for an equivalent and better-conditioned plane to a private client just months later, according to an investigation published on Saturday by the newspaper Clarín. The transaction, awarded to the US firm Regional One Inc. in a tender resolved in record time and challenged by a competitor, displays irregularities in the design of the bidding terms, the technical evaluation, and the payment circuit, and forms part, according to the publication, of a pattern replicated in at least three other aircraft purchases by the force since 2021. Read full article

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MarkWhelan
Argentina was so proud of the purchase as well. They even did a video of their new plane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWR8EZvHLoQ&t=192s.
If it says nothing else - it shows that Argentina knows a good aircraft when they see it.
May 17th, 2026 - 02:44 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Pugol-H
Not a military man myself, however it doesn’t look like any ‘military transport’ aircraft I’ve ever seen.

Looks more like an executive jet.

And three of them?
May 17th, 2026 - 10:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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MarkWhelan
Pugol-H Well you don't expect Airforce to fly anything less than executive class do you?
Hell Next thing you know you will expect them to have less than 5 choices for dessert.
May 18th, 2026 - 12:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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