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The F-5 has quite short range and can't aerial refuel (no IFR probe) so probably not a good choice for Argentina.I would be surprised if Lockheed (being Lockheed !) did not tried their luck with F-104 - whatever the variant.Note that the italian F-104S production line started in 1968 and did not stopped until 1979, the last F-104s built in the world. It also explains how and why F-104S lasted until 2004. And they had AIM-7 Sparrows or Aspides.But I suppose Uncle Sam would veto any sale to Argentina (they did that to Taiwan in 1979: no Sparrow capability for them, whatever the fighter).
The F-5 has quite short range and can't aerial refuel (no IFR probe) so probably not a good choice for Argentina.
I would be surprised if Lockheed (being Lockheed !) did not tried their luck with F-104 - whatever the variant.
Note that the italian F-104S production line started in 1968 and did not stopped until 1979, the last F-104s built in the world. It also explains how and why F-104S lasted until 2004. And they had AIM-7 Sparrows or Aspides.
But I suppose Uncle Sam would veto any sale to Argentina (they did that to Taiwan in 1979: no Sparrow capability for them, whatever the fighter).
