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Núñez Padín, Jorge Félix

E/MB-326GB/GC & MB-339AA

Australis (Serie Aeronaval No 39), Argentina: 2021
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75p., photos, wrps. Throughout 1967 the Naval Aviation Command dedicated itself to studying the replacement of its only combat jets, the Grumman F9F Panther, which had to be carried out in the shortest possible time. The new aircraft had to be capable of operating from the ARA (V-1) "Independence" aircraft carrier in order to maintain the embarked attack capacity - diminished since the retirement of the Vought F4U Corsair. As a conditioning factor, it had to be a two-seater suitable for training. So relevant was this capability that, after a transition period that would extend from 1969 to 1972, the selected model had to go to the Naval Aviation School, as a primary and basic jet trainer. Since the middle of the previous decade, Naval Aviation had been trying without success to obtain two-seat jets such as Lockheed T-33, Lockheed T2V SeaStar and Temco TT-1 Pinto.
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