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The U.S. government approved a weapons and support equipment package Oct. 30 to support Argentina’s recent purchase of 24 Lockheed Martin F-16s from the Danish air force.
The cleared munitions include a potential sale of 36 Raytheon AIM-120C8 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles (Amraam) and 102 Mk-82 bombs with FMU-152A/B joint programmable fuses, the Defense Security and Cooperation Agency said in a mandatory notification to Congress.
Argentina is also authorized to buy ARC-238 radios, ground support systems for Link 16 data links and various other times, including chaff, flares and database support for the electronic warfare suite.
The approved package is worth a total of $941 million.
Argentina signed a $300 million agreement on April 16 for the two dozen F-16A/B Block 15 fighters from Denmark.
The jets will fill a gap in the Argentine air force nearly a decade after the retirement of Dassault Mirage IIIs.
Argentina selected used F-16s over rival bids for the Korea Aerospace Industries/Lockheed Martin FA-50 and the Sino-Pakistani JF-17.
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