Escuadrón X de Caza / Grupo 10 de Caza
 

Role: Fighter/Attack.

The unit was formed on 26.2.1984 with five Dassault Mirage IIIC, which were transferred to Grupo 4 de Caza on 7.11.1986, when the unit was reequipped with Dassault Mirage 5P from G6C. From 1987 until 1988 the aircraft were upgraded and became Mirage 5PA Mara. The unit was disbanded on 1.1.1998 and its aircraft were sent to Escuadrón I of Grupo 6 de Caza again.

Air Bases:

Base	Duration
Base Aérea Militar Río Gallegos/Río Gallegos	1984 - 1998

Aircraft Used:

Type	Qty	Service	Example Serials
Dassault Mirage IIIC	5	1984 - 1986	C-702-704,C-706,C-707,C-712
Dassault Mirage 5P	10	1986 - 1987	C-403,C-404,C-407,C-409,C-410,C-419, C-428,C-430,C-433, C-436
Dassault Mirage 5PA Mara	10	1987 - 1997	C-603,C-604,C-609,C-607,C-610,C-619, C-628,C-630,C-633,C-636

Unit Insignia:

 

Escuadrón X de Caza

References:

• Dagger, Finger & Mara (Jorge F. Nuñez Padin/Serie Fuerza Aérea Argentina Nro. 19)