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Costa Rica
Air Force
Unit History
Escuadrilla
de Comunicaciones
Role: Liaison, Support.
No unit history available.
Air Bases:
| Base |
Duration |
|
Base
Aérea
1 Liberia/Daniel Oduber IAP
Base
Aérea 2 San José/Juan
Santa Maria IAP |
1964 - n/a |
Aircraft Used:
| Type |
Qty |
Service |
Example Serials |
|
Aero Commander 680 |
1 |
1990 - n/a |
TI-SPW |
| Beechcraft C-45F |
1 |
1950 - 1960 |
TI-505SP |
| Cessna 180B |
1 |
1954 - 1980 |
TI-SPA |
| Cessna 185 (U-17A) Skywagon |
3 |
1963 - 1980 |
TI-SPB,
TI-SPC, TI-SPD |
| Cessna 206G Stationair |
4 |
1985 - Present |
TI-SPA,
TI-SPB, TI-SPC, TI-SPD |
| DHC U-1A Otter |
3 |
1975 - 1980 |
TI-SPE, TI-SPF, TI-SPG |
| Piper PA-23-160 Apache |
1 |
1977 - 1988 |
TI-SPK |
|
Piper PA-23-250F Aztec | 2 |
1979 - 1998 |
TI-SPN, TI-SPT |
| Grumman American AA-5 |
1 |
1984 - 1995 |
TI-SPV |
|
De Havilland C-7A Caribou |
3 |
1990 - Present |
MSP-001,MSP-002,MSP-010 |
|
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne |
2 |
1990 - Present |
MSP-003, MSP-019 |
| Piper PA-32 Cherokee |
3 |
1979 - 1990 |
TI-SPQ, TI-SPR, TI-SPS |
| Piper PA-34 Seneca | 1 |
1980 - Present |
MSP-017 |
References:
- Latin-American Military Aviation
(John Andrade)
- World Air Power Journal 32, p.143-144
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