Bahía Blanca: a strike delays the entry of the 5 planes bought in France

The strike launched today by the Employers' Center and the maritime, inland waterway, maritime and maritime cabotage has blocked the entry to the port of Engineer White of the ship carrying five Super Etendard planes.
bought from France for the Argentine Navy.

The Liberian-flagged vessel Lily Auerbach, which carries the fighter jets, was scheduled to dock today, but remains in the access channel of the Bahía Blanca estuary due to the strike, according to reports. sources of the consortium that manages the port of Bahia.

The 24-hour force measurement affects tanker operations as well as port and tugs. "Because of that, the ship will dock tomorrow and then begin to unload the planes and other containers that it carries," the sources said.

The River Frequency Center and those responsible for fishing and maritime cabotage said in a statement that port tugs "who must badist the tankers (LNG carriers) will provide this badistance in a normal and usual manner in these cases".

He also pointed out that tugs "should badist the departure of tankers who, once their loading / unloading operations are completed, should, for security reasons, release the terminals".

How are the planes

Specifically, the country will receive the five devices (serial numbers 1, 31, 41, 44 and 51), ten Atar 8K50 engines, spare parts, a flight simulator and several test benches. Each SEM has another hundred hours of flight.

According to sources from the French Ministry of Defense in a note published by LA NACION a year ago, the five aircraft reach a standard level of five.

Commissioned in 2006, this standard allows pilots to provide new features, such as the use of night vision binoculars (JVNs), the integration of Raytheon E-Paveway pumps, the installation of an autopilot digital, the SATURN radio and the evolution of the navigation system and attack.

The new French SEM should replace the 14 Super Etendards bought by the country in 1979, which are now out of service due to lack of spare parts, maintenance and crew training.

Designed by Dbadault Aviation for the French Navy and commissioned in 1978, the last Super Etendard was put out of service on July 12, 2016 at Landivisau Air Force Base.

In the opinion of Pierre Servent, a French military expert who spoke with LA NACION, "these planes, which have been flying for 38 years, have demonstrated their enormous capabilities, fully integrated to the point of departure. 2016 to the operations of the airborne group, deployed in the Persian Gulf ". .