Fuerza Aérea de Tareas Antárticas (FATA)
 

Role: Antarctic Flight Operations.

The unit was formed as Grupo de Tareas Antárticas (GTA) on 12.3.1951 with one Avro Lincoln BMk.II, one Douglas C-47A Skytrain and later one Avro Lancastrian Mk.III and got its present name in 1952.

Air Bases:

Base	Duration
Base Aérea Militar Villa Mercedes/Villa Reynolds	1951 - 1952
Base Aérea Militar Río Gallegos/Río Gallegos	1952 - n/a

Aircraft Used:

Type	Qty	Service	Example Serials
Avro Lincoln BMk.II	2	1951 - 1958	LV-ZEI,B-030
Douglas C-47A Skytrain	1	1951 - 1956	T-20(1)
Avro Lancastrian Mk.III	1	1952 - 1952	T-66
Avro Lincoln BMk.II	1	1963 - 1965	B-022
Bell UH-1H Iroquois	2	1968 - n/a	H-11,H-12

References:

• Avro Lancaster, Lancastrian & Lincoln (Fernando C. Benedetto/Serie Fuerza Aérea Argentina Nro. 17)