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Unit History


Escuadrón I / Grupo 1 de Transporte Aéreo
 

Role: Transport.

The unit was formed on 9.1.1951.


Air Bases:
Base Duration

Base Aérea Militar El Palomar/Buenos Aires

1951 - Present

Aircraft Used:
Type Qty Service Example Serials
Bristol 170 Freighter 13 1951 - 1967

T-29, T-30-T-38, T-40, T-41, TC-270,

TC-330

Fairchild 82D 2 1951 - 1953 T-151,T-152
Avro Lancastrian Mk.III 1 1952 - 1958 T-66
Lockheed C-130B/E/H Hercules 5/2/6 1973 - Present TC-56-TC-68
Lockheed KC-130H Hercules 2 1979 - Present TC-69,TC-70
Lockheed L.100-30 Hercules 1 1998 - Present TC-100

 

 

Unit Insignia:

 

Escuadrón I

References:

  • Lockheed K/C-130 Hercules (Jorge F. Nuñez Padin/Serie Fuerza Aérea Argentina Nro. 20)
  • World Air Forces Directory 2009/2010 (Ian Carroll)

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