¿Argentina camino al F-35? Valverde visitó Hill AFB donde están los F-35 - FAA con la USAF 2026

Is Argentina acquiring the F-35? We discuss the Argentine Air Force, the F-16, and military modernization. In May 2026, Brigadier General Gustavo Valverde visited Hill Air Force Base in Utah, headquarters of the multinational F-16 program and the 388th Fighter Wing, the first operational unit of the world's most advanced fifth-generation fighter. In this analysis, we examine the significance of this visit in the context of Argentina's air power restructuring: the arrival of the second batch of Danish F-16s, the exploration of purchasing the KC-135R tanker through Foreign Military Sales, and the precedent set by Chile in refueling US F-35s at FIDAE 2026. Is Argentina paving the way toward fifth-generation fighters, or was this just a routine visit?