We are talking about several dozen helicopters , which the US plans to decommission in the near future
In recent years, the Argentine military has been considering various plans and has proposals from various companies to strengthen the country's helicopter fleet — Argentina received one such offer from companies from Israel, and it concerns the purchase of used American helicopters.
The fact is that the United States plans to decommission 51 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters in the near future — due to the need to optimize resources, as well as plans to introduce new platforms into the military, as Zona Militar reminds us.
It is clear that “extra” the machines could well be implemented through one of the programs supported by the Ministry of Defense — such as Foreign Military Sales (FMS) or Excess Defense Articles (EDA), the cost of one unit is estimated at approximately 2 million dollars.
So Israeli companies offer to buy a batch of UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters, carry out major repairs , as well as to modernize the machines in accordance with the requirements and needs of the Argentine army.
At the first stage, it is proposed to upgrade ten machines, and then start work on the second batch for a similar number of helicopters — “to meet the operational needs of the Army Aviation Directorate for the coming years”.
As noted in the publication, although today the Argentine military and the Ministry of Defense are analyzing a number of different proposals, the others are less attractive compared to the Israeli solution. How much two dozen used and modernized Black Hawks will cost Argentina in the end remains a question.