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Air Force
Unit History
Grupo 1
de Ataque
Role: Attack/COIN.
The unit was formed
as
Grupo 1 de Entrenamiento
on
13.3.1951 and became Grupo
1 de Ataque with some
Beech B-45 (T-34A) Mentor in 1965 and Hiller UH-12 and the first Bell UH-1H
Iroquois from 1967. The UH-1H were
passed to
Grupo Aéreo 7 in 1970 and this unit
disbanded.
Escuadrón I
Role: Attack.
The unit was formed
on
13.3.1951.
Aircraft Used:
|
Type |
Qty |
Service |
Example
Serials |
|
FMA I.Ae. 22 DL |
18 |
n/a - n/a |
n/a |
|
North American T-28A Trojan |
26 |
1960 - 1965 |
n/a |
|
Sikorsky H-19A Chikasaw |
7 |
1960 - 1968 |
H-1,H-3-H-8 |
|
Sikorsky S-51 Dragonfly |
1 |
1960 - 1968 |
H-2 |
|
Beech
B-45 (T-34A) Mentor |
n/a |
1965 - 1970 |
n/a |
|
Hiller UH-12L-4 |
3 |
1967 - 1974 |
H-01-H-03 |
|
Bell UH-1H Iroquois |
6 |
1967 - 1970 |
H-10-H12,H-14-H-16 |
Escuadrón II
Role: Attack.
The unit was formed
on
13.3.1951.
Aircraft Used:
|
Type |
Qty |
Service |
Example
Serials |
|
FMA I.Ae. 22 DL |
19 |
n/a - n/a |
n/a |
|
North American T-28A Trojan |
26 |
1960 - 1965 |
n/a |
|
Beech
B-45 (T-34A) Mentor |
n/a |
1965 - 1970 |
n/a |
Escuadrilla de Servicios
Role: Transport/Liaison.
No unit history known.
Aircraft Used:
|
Type |
Qty |
Service |
Example
Serials |
|
n/a |
|
|
|
Air Bases:
|
Base
|
Duration |
|
Base Aérea Militar El Palomar/Buenos
Aires |
1951 - 1970 |
Unit Insignia:
|
Grupo 1 de Ataque |
|
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References:
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