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Unit History


Grupo 2 de Transporte Aéreo

 

Role: Transport.


The unit was formed on 9.1.1951, when Regimiento 2 de Transporte Aéreo was disbanded and was disbanded in 1973, when the Douglas DC-6 were withdrawn from use and the Lockheed C-130E/H Hercules moved to Escuadrón I / Grupo 1 de Transporte Aéreo.

 

 

Escuadrón I

Role: Transport.

No unit history known.

Aircraft Used:
Type Qty Service Example Serials
Vickers Viking 18 1951 - 1963 T-2,T-3,T-5-T-7,T-9-T-13,T-64,T-76,T-77, T-88,T-91-T-94
Douglas C-54A/G Skymaster 2/1 1951 - 1970 TC-42, TC-44, TC-48
Douglas DC-4 3 1951 - 1966 T-43, TC-46, T-47
Avro Lancastrian Mk.III 1 1951 - 1952 T-66
Lockheed C-130E/H Hercules 3/3 1968 - 1973 TC-61-TC-66

 

 

Escuadrón II

Role: Transport.

The unit was formed in 12.1966.

Aircraft Used:
Type Qty Service Example Serials
Douglas DC-6 5 1966 - 1973

T-51-T-53, TC-54, TC-55

 

 

 

Air Bases:

Base

Duration

Base Aérea Militar Morón/Buenos Aires

1951 - 1973

 

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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