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Unit History


Grupo 1 de Transporte Aéreo

 

Role: Transport.


The unit was formed on 9.1.1951, when Regimiento 1 de Transporte Aéreo was disbanded.

 

 

Escuadrón I

Role: Transport.

The unit was formed on 9.1.1951.

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

 

 

Escuadrón II

Role: Transport.

The unit was formed on 9.1.1951.

Aircraft Used:
Type Qty Service Example Serials

Douglas DC-3

3 1951 - 1969 T-16, T-20, T-37

Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain

2 1951 - 1959 T-51, T-53

Douglas C-47A Skytrain

23 1951 - 1969

T-03, T-05, T-17, T-18, T-20-T-27, T-31, T-33,

T-34, T-36, T-39(1), T-48-T-50, T-52, T-67, T-89

Douglas C-47B Skytrain

1 1956 - 1958 T-19(1)

Douglas R4D-1 Skytrain

3 1960 - 1963 T-19(2), T-32, T-38

Douglas C-47B Skytrain

1 1960 - 1963 T-30

Douglas C-53-DO Skytrooper

1 1960 - 1966 T-29

Douglas C-47A Skytrain

10 1961 - 1969

TC-04, TC-15, TC-17, TC-19-TC-21,

TC-31, TC-33, TC-34

Douglas C-47A Skytrain

1 1962 - 1962 TA-33

Douglas C-47A Skytrain

2 1964 - 1967 TA-05, TA-07

Douglas C-47B Skytrain

1 1966 - 1967 TA-06

Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain

1 1966 - 1966 T-13

Douglas C-47A Skytrain

8 1966 - 1970 T-04, T-08-T-12, T-14, T-40

Douglas C-47B Skytrain

1 1967 - 1969 S-04

Douglas C-47A Skytrain

1 1968 - 1969 S-03
FMA I.A. 50 Guarani II 19 1966 - 1988

T-112-T-128

Douglas R4D-1 Skytrain

2 1967 - 1979 TC-27, T-39(2)
Fokker F-28 Fellowship 6 1970 - Present T-50, TC-51-55
Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 3 1973 - 1975

T-91-T-93

Boeing 707 3 1977 - 1983 TC-91-TC-93

 

 

Escuadrón III

Role: Transport.

No unit history known.

Aircraft Used:
Type Qty Service Example Serials
FMA I.A. 50 Guarani II 19 1966 - 1988

T-112-T-128

 

Escuadrón IV

Role: Transport.

No unit history known. The unit became part of Grupo Aéreo 2 in 1999.

Aircraft Used:
Type Qty Service Example Serials
Fokker F-27 Friendship  16 1968 - 1999 T-41-T-45, TC-71-TC-79

 

 

Escuadrón V

Role: Transport/ELINT.

The unit was formed in 1983. The modified Boeing 707 VR-21 joint the unit on 1.6.1986 and was operated on behalf of the Grupo de Guerra Electrónica.

Aircraft Used:
Type Qty Service Example Serials
Boeing 707 6 1977 - 2014 TC-91-TC-95, T-96
Boeing 707 1 1986 - 2001 VR-21

 

 

 

Air Bases:

Base

Duration

Base Aérea Militar El Palomar/Buenos Aires

1951 - Present

 

Unit Insignia:

 

Grupo 1 de Transporte Aéreo

 

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