World Air Forces

Argentinia

Army Aviation

Title:

Comando de Aviación del Ejército (Army Aviation Command)

Brief History:

1912 there was a Military Aviation School established , in 1914 aircraft took part in some manoeuvres for the first time, in 1945 the Army lost its air arm, because all aircraft were transfered to the Fuerza Aérea Argentinia. During 1956 the Army Aviation became an independent service from the Air Force again. In the following years the Army Aviation Command received an increasing number of aircraft and helicopters, which were used in a counter-insurgency operation against a Maxist guerilla group in 1975. The Aviación del Ejército was also involved during the operations on the Falklands and had some heavy loses in 1982.

National Markings:

Main Headquarters:

Av Paseo Colon 1407, 1063 Buenos Aires

Current Aircraft Inventory:

Current service types

Organisation:

The Argentinian Army Aviation Command is today organised into one Aviation Group (Agrupacion Aviación de Ejército), which consists of one Aviation Bataillon (Grupo de Helicópteros) and four Aviation Squadrons (Escuadrón de Aviación)

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