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Unit History


Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea

Role: Surveillance,Liaison,Support.

No unit history available.


Air Bases:
Base Duration

Base Aérea 2 San José/Juan Santa Maria IAP

1994 - Present

Aircraft Used:
Type Qty Service Example Serials
Cessna 206G Stationair 4 1985 - Present MSP-004,005,006,007
De Havilland C-7A Caribou 3 1990 - Present MSP-001,002,010(2)
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne 2 1990 - Present MSP-003,019
Cessna 337 (O-2A) Skymaster 3 1986 - n/a MSP-010(1),TI-SPF,TI-SPG
Hughes 500 (369D)1 1985 - 1996 MSP-010(3)
McDonnell Douglas MD.500E2 1985 - Present MSP-012,018
Mil Mi-17 Hip-H 1 1994 - 2002 MSP-016(1)
Piper PA-34 Seneca2 1980 - Present MSP-016(2),017
Cessna T210N Centurion5 2006 - Present MSP-008,009,010(4),011,014
 

References:

  • Latin-American Military Aviation (John Andrade)
  • World Air Power Journal 32, p.143-144

Hughes 500E MSP-018 seen at San Jose in
September 2006. (photo, Andrés Meneses)
U206G MSP-006 seen at San Jose in October
2005. (photo, Diego Alonso Romero Alvarado)


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