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EcuadorAir Force
Unit History
Role: Training.
Military aviation started in 1920, when two Escuela de
Aviación Militar were formed on 27.10.1920 in Guayaquil and Quito respectively, with the
help of an Italian Air Mission, who brought with them a handful of airplanes and
started to train Ecuadorian pilots. On 5.6.1921 the school in Quito was closed
and on 12.7.1921 the Escuela de
Aviación Militar "El Cóndor" and Aeródromo El Cóndor were
inaugurated and became the nucleus of the Compañia de
Aviación del Ejército. At the end of 1929 the EAM moved to a new airfield at
Latacunga. On 3.7.1935 the EAM moved to Base Aérea Simón Bolivar/Guayaquil
and became Escuela Militar de
Aviación. The Escuadrón de Entrenamiento
Aereo is part of the ESMA and currently operates T-34C, T-41D and MXP-650. In
time of an emergency the ESMA becomes Ala 24.
Aeródromo Eloy Alfaro/Guayaquil 1920 - 1921
Aeródromo El Cóndor/Guayaquil 1921 - 1929
Base Aérea de
Latacunga/Latacunga 1929 - 1935
Base Aérea Simón Bolivar/Guayaquil 1935 - 1942
433-444,835-841,845,847 Unit Insignia:
Escuela Superior Militar de
Aviación
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