HAMPERED Pampa

Three decades since it was conceived, the IA-63 Pampa has endured faltering progress through sweeping changes in Argentina’s political climate. Remarkably, not only does it remain in production, but new developments are also under way, as Santiago Rivas reports. PAMPA IN PROFILE Pampa E-820 comes in to land at Mendoza, home of Escuadrón IV of IV Brigada Aérea. Santiago Rivas BY THE MID-1970S, the Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA, Argentine Air Force) had realised a need to retire its fleet of