Back to Air Force Index Page
Argentina
Air Force
Unit History
Centro de Ensayos de Vuelo (CEV)
Role: Flight Testing.
The unit was formed as Ensayo de Aviones en Vuelo in 1930, became Probador de
Aviones en Vuelo on 6.10.1932 and got its present name on 9.11.1961.
Air Bases:
| Base |
Duration
|
|
Guarnicación Aérea Córdoba/Córdoba |
1930 - Present |
Aircraft Used:
| Type |
Qty |
Service |
Example Serials |
|
FMA-Curtiss H750 Hawk |
5 |
1941 - 1942 |
631-635 |
|
FMA I.Ae. 35 Constancia I |
1 |
1957 - 1963 |
LQ-FMA |
|
FMA I.Ae. 35 Huanquero |
1 |
1960 - n/a |
LQ-GMF |
|
FMA I.Ae. 35 Guarani I |
1 |
1962 - 1963 |
LV-X23 |
|
FMA I.A. 50 Guarani II |
1 |
1963 - 1967 |
LV-X27 |
|
Cessna 180 |
1 |
1967 - n/a |
PG-394 |
|
FMA I.A. 58A Pucará |
3 |
1976 - 1979 |
A-504(1),A-510,A-519 |
|
FMA I.A. 58A Pucará |
1 |
1977 - 1984 |
AX-04 |
|
FMA I.A. 58A Pucará |
11 |
1979 - 1984 |
A-530,A-539,A-542-A-544-A-548,A-554
|
|
FMA I.A. 58A Pucará |
1 |
1980 - 1984 |
AX-06(1) |
|
FMA I.A. 58A Pucará |
2 |
1982 - Present |
A-561,A-590 |
|
FMA I.A. 58C Pucará |
1 |
1985 - 1995 |
AX-06(2) |
|
FMA I.A. 58A Pucará |
2 |
1988 - 1992 |
A-584,A-585 |
|
FMA I.A. 63 Pampa |
3 |
1988 - 2006 |
EX-01-EX-03 |
|
FMA I.A. 58A Pucará |
1 |
1998 - 1999 |
A-605 |
|
Beech
B-45 (T-34A) Mentor |
2 |
2002 - Present |
E-097,E-98 |
|
FMA AT-63 Pampa |
18 |
2006 - Present |
EX-01-EX-03
|
Unit Insignia:
|
Centro de Ensayos de Vuelo (CEV) |
|
 |
References:
-
World Air Forces Directory 2009/2010 (Ian Carroll)
|