The FMA IA 58 Pucará (Fortress) is an Argentine ground-attack and counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft manufactured by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones. It is a low-wing twin-turboprop all-metal monoplane with retractable landing gear, capable of operating from unprepared strips when operationally required. The first units were delivered in May 1975 to the Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina, FAA), equipping the 2° Escuadron de Exploración y Ataque and their operational debut late in 1975, w