The letter of approval for the transfer of F-16 aircraft from Denmark to Argentina was handed over on October 11 by Mira Resnick, who serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security in the State Department, to Jorge Argüello, Argentina's ambassador to the United States. This news was reported by local media.
'Today @StateDeptPM’s Mira Resnick 🇺🇸 delivered a letter to @JorArguello approving the transfer of F-16 aircraft from Denmark to Argentina. The transfer reaffirms our close defense ties and steadfast support for Argentina’s air force modernization efforts.
“The United States gave the green light to a sale of 24 F-16 fighter aircraft equipped with air-to-air missiles from Denmark to Argentina and is working on a financing package for 40 million dollars to facilitate the purchase by the government Argentina, an operation of enormous geopolitical impact in which Washington competes directly with China, which has offered the sale of JF-17 aircraft from Pakistan.
Argentinian Government must now decide whether to carry out this operation, whether to accept China’s offer, or whether to postpone any decision to modernize the Air Force and Navy fleet. In addition to the F-16 sale, the US government also paved the way for a purchase of four P-3 aircraft from Norway.”
Resnick made it clear that the transfer does not require consent from the United Kingdom, which has upheld a veto on Argentina's acquisition of military gear ever since the Falklands War.
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