Much of Argentina’s aeronautical development during the second half of the 1940s was tightly bound to the arrival of German engineers and pilots (the few who hadn’t been requisitioned first by the United States and the Soviet Union) after the end of the Second World War. Among the newcomers was Kurt Tank, who was to lead the Pulqui II project in the 1950s.

This aircraft, designed to fly at 1,200 Km/h (750 mph), would become one of the most sophisticated interceptor fighter planes in the world. Its appearance had much in common with the MiG-15 (USSR), and the F-86 Sabre (USA), which were designed by engineers who had once worked at the German factory where Tank had been the director. This flourishing Argentine enterprise began to fade with the open social confrontation which led to the 1955 coup d'etat that ousted Juan Perón. The division, hatred and antagonism that ensued, and other interests, not only ostracized the political movement which had been overthrown, but also affected other areas, including the aviation industry. As a consequence, the planned large-scale production of the Pulqui II was aborted.