What is FMA IA-58 Pucará?
{|{{Infobox aircraft begin |name=FMA IA-58 Pucarà |image=File:Argentina_Air_Force_FMA_IA-58A_Pucara_Lofting-6.jpg |caption=Two '''Pucarà''' in flight. }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type=[[Attack aircraft]] |national origin =[[Argentina]] |manufacturer=[[FMA]] |first flight=[[1969]] |introduction=[[1976]] |status= Active |primary user=[[Argentina]] [[Air Force]]. |produced= |number built= 160 |unit cost= }} |} The '''FMA IA-58 Pucará''' is an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[military]] [[aircraft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=704|title=FMA IA-58 Pucara (Fortress) Counter-Insurgency Platform / Ground Attack Aircraft - Argentina|website=www.militaryfactory.com}}</ref> It is a twin-[[engine|turboprops]] [[attack aircraft]] built in all-[[metal]]. == Operational history == === Falklands War === [[Argentina]] [[Air Force]] used the '''Pucarà''' for attacks against [[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Port Stanley]] and the [[British Army]] and the [[Royal Navy]]. Several of them were shot down by [[Harrier Jump Jet|Sea Harrier]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] [[special forces|commandos]]. === Sri Lanka Civil War === [[Sri Lanka]] used the '''Pucarà''' against the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamils Tigers]].<ref>{{in lang|es}}http://www.clubpucarero.com.ar/pucamundo.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714100740/http://www.clubpucarero.com.ar/pucamundo.html |date=2013-07-14 }}</ref> == Users == [[Argentina]], [[Colombia]], [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Uruguay]] used this aircraft. Some are enough actives in [[Argentina]] in [[2013]]. [[United Kingdom]] used one aircraft for trials, it was captured by British commandos. ==References== ===Bibliography=== * Frawley, Gerard, ''The international directory of military aircraft 2002/2003'' . London: Aerospace Publication, 2002. {{ISBN|1-875671-55-2}}. * Gaillard, Pierre, ''Avions et hélicoptères militaires d'aujourd'hui'' Paris, France : Larivière éditions, 1999. {{ISBN|2-907051-24