Argentina issues airworthiness certificate for re-engined Pucará Fénix

Argentina’s General Directorate of Joint Military Airworthiness of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces (DIGAMC) issued the airworthiness certificate for the newly upgraded IA-58H Pucará Fénix counterinsurgency (COIN) aircraft on December 29, after the type received new Pratt & Whitney PT6A-62 turboprop engines. According to the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA; Argentine Aircraft Factory), the issuing of this certificate marks a major milestone in the Fuerza Aérea Argentina’s (FAA; Argentine Air Force’s) efforts to recover the capabilities