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El Salvador
Air Force
Unit History
Escuela de Aviación Militar
Role: Training. The EAM was formed in May 1924 with five
Standard J-1. During the next years the unit received large quantities of
different training aircraft to train Salvadorean pilots. In 1983 the Escuela de Aviación Militar
was named "Cap. PA Guillermo Reynaldo Cortez" in memory of a hero of the "Soccer
War" in 1969. In 1987 the Centro de Instrucción Militar Aeronáutico (CIMA) was
established, consisting of the Escuela de Aviación Militar “Capitán P.A.
Guillermo Reynaldo Cortez” and the Escuela Técnica de Aviación Militar y la
Escuela de Perfeccionamiento Aeronáutico.
Air Bases:
| Base |
Duration |
|
San Salvador/BA Ilopango IAP
|
1924 - Present |
Aircraft Used:
| Type |
Qty |
Service |
Example Serials |
|
Standard J-1 |
5 |
1922 - 1933 |
S-1-S-5 |
|
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny |
1 |
1923 - 1924 |
n/a |
|
Caudron G.III |
3 |
1924 - 1933 |
C-1-C-3 |
|
Caudron G.IV |
1 |
1924 - n/a |
n/a |
|
Brown Special |
1 |
1925 - 1926 |
B-1 |
|
Brequet Bre.14Bn2 |
1 |
1926 - 1927 |
2190 |
|
Waco CTO |
3 |
1929 - 1950 |
15-17 |
|
Waco KNF |
1 |
1933 - 1950 |
18 |
|
Hanriot H-320Et2 |
5 |
1927 - 1933 |
n/a |
|
Fleet 10 |
1 |
1938 - 1941 |
n/a |
|
Fairchild M-62 |
2 |
1939 - 1942 |
26,27 |
|
North American AT-6A/B/C/DTexan |
2/1/3/3 |
1942 - 1987 |
30-32,44-46,53-55 |
|
Luscombe 8A Silvaire |
2 |
1942 - 1956 |
33-34 |
|
Fairchild PT-19 |
6 |
1943 - 1950 |
35-40 |
|
Vultee BT-13A Valiant |
16 |
1943 - 1958 |
41-43,47-53,57-62 |
|
Stearman PT-13A Kaydet |
5 |
1943 - 1968 |
n/a |
|
North American SNJ-2/-4 Texan |
1/7 |
1949 - 1987 |
56,72-78 |
|
North American T-6G Texan |
1 |
1969 - 1987 |
77 |
|
Morane Saulnier MS.893 Rallye |
16 |
1981 - Present |
50-65 |
|
Enaer
T-35 Pillan |
7 |
1999 - Present |
70-74 |
|
Cessna T-41A/C/D Mescalero |
4/1/3 |
1965 - Present |
90-97 |
|
Hughes 269 (TH-55A) |
6 |
1986 - Present |
150-155 |
|
Fouga CM-170 Magister |
12 |
1973 - Present |
500-511 |
|
Rockwell
Commander 114 |
1 |
1980 - Present |
YS-007N |
Unit Insignia:
|
Escuela de Aviación Militar |
Centro de Instrucción Militar Aeronáutico |
|
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References:
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