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Unit History


Escuadrón de Transporte

Role: Transport.

The unit was formed as Sección de Transporte Aéreo and later renamed.


Air Bases:
Base Duration

Base Aérea Mejia/Toncontin IAP/Tegucigalpa

n/a - Present

Aircraft Used:
Type Qty Service Example Serials
Noorduyn UC-64 Norseman 2 1945 - 1961 35,36
Douglas C-47 Dakota 20 1947 - Present 301-321 until 1994, 301-308 after 1994
Lockheed UC-36A Electra 1 1953 - 1960 104
Convair P4Y-2 Privateer 3 1956 - 1973 792,794,796
Curtiss C-46 Commando 1 1958 - 1962 n/a
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 3 1958 - 1983 795,798,799
Fairchild C-82A Packet 1 1958 - 1963 793
Cessna 180 4 1959 - Present 108,113,119
Cessna 170 1 1969 - n/a 115
Douglas C-118A Liftmaster 1 1975 - 1982 800
IAI-201 Arava 2 1976 - 2007 316-317
IAI-1123 Westwind 1 1976 - 1992 318
Lockheed L-188A Electra 1 1979 - 1998 555
Piper PA-31 Navajo 2 1979 - Present 010,011
IAI-1124 Westwind 1 1981 . 1998 002
Rockwell Commander 114 3 1982 - 1994 116-118
Lockheed C-130A/D Hercules 4/1 1986 - Present 556-560
Cessna 401 1 1991 - n/a 007
Aero Commander 690B 1 1993 - 1998 008
Gulfstream 695A-1000 1 1994 - n/a 006
Cessna 310 1 1996 - 1998 009
 

References:

  • Central American and Caribbean Air Forces (Daniel Hagedorn)

  • Latin-American Military Aviation (John Andrade)

  • World Air Forces Directory (Ian Carroll)

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