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Exercise
Report Dédalo 2019

also staged out of the IV Brigada PucaráPucará

T
he V Brigada Aérea (5th
Air Brigade) of the Fuerza
Aérea Argentina (FAA,
Argentine Air Force), based at
Villa Reynolds, San Luis province,
was the centre of activity for
the service’s Dédalo (Daedalus)
exercise. All major FAA units
took part and operations were
Each year, the FAA stages an over the Pampas
Aérea in Mendoza and the Escuela
de Aviación Militar (Military
Aviation School) in Córdoba.

integration exercise to improve
teamwork between units, train The Argentine Air Force’s major exercise of 2019 saw all the lessons learned so far
for different types of operations this year put to the test. And, as Santiago Rivas reports, it was a final opportunity
and identify areas needing
improvement. Despite the lack of to see the Pucará perform in its original attack role.
assets and budget constraints,
personnel work hard to keep the
materiel available and attain the
highest possible level of readiness.
This year was the last time
the IA-58 Pucará participated
in the attack role and was able
to fire its weapons. On October
4 it was retired from offensive
duties to be replaced by a single
IA-58H Pucará II with Pratt &
Whitney PT6A-62 engines and a
new mission of air surveillance
and vigilance (see Last call for
the Pucará, November, p22).
The force plans to convert 1

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