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Uruguay
Air Force
Unit History
Role: Transport/Liaison/Support.
The unit was formed on 31.12.1935 as Base Aeronáutica
No.1 at Aeródromo Militar "Cap. Boiso Lanza". During the next years
the unit got many new aircraft from France and Italy. In 3.1940 the organisation
of the Base was changed and one Escuadrilla Bombardeo with Potez 25, one
Escuadrilla de Información with IMAN Ro.37bis and Waco JHD and one Sección de
Entrenamiento y Aviones Estafeta with one Tiger Moth and one Hanriot H-431 were
formed.
On 23.3.1947 Grupo de Aviación 3 (Bombardeo) with some
Douglas C-47 Dakota and Beech AT-11 Kansan was formed
as part of Base Aeronáutica No.1, which moved to the new Base Aérea Gral.
Berisso at Carrasco in 8.1947. In 1951 the Grupo de
Aviación No.2 (Caza) with North American F-51D Mustang and the Grupo de Aviación
4 (Transporte) with C-47 were formed. The Agrupamiento Provisorio de
Búsqueda y Rescate became the first helicopter unit of the Base in 1955 and was
renamed Grupo de Aviación No.5 (Búsqueda y Rescate) in
1965.
Base Aeronáutica No.1 became Brigada Aérea I on 9.7.1965.
Another transport group, Grupo de Aviación 6 (Transporte) with some EMB-110C,
was formed in 1976. On 7.3.1978 a reorganisation took place in Brigada Aérea I
and the Regimiento Táctico No.1 with the Grupos de Aviación Nos. 3 (Transporte),
4 (Transporte), 6 (Transporte), Grupo Fotográfico, Regimiento de Base, Grupos de
Material, Administración y Personal e Intendencia and the Grupo de Aviación No.5
(Búsqueda y Rescate) was formed as part of Brigada Aérea I.
In 1980 the Grupo de Aviación 2 (Caza) became part of Regimiento Táctico No.2 of
the Brigada Aérea II at Durazno.On 27.4.1994 the last reorganisation took place
and all Grupos became Escuadróns.
Escuadrón Aéreo 3
(Transporte) was formed with personell and
equipment, which came from the former Regimiento Táctico No.1 and the old Grupos
de Aviación 3, 4 y 6 (Transporte).
Aircraft Used:
Role: Reconnaissance.
The unit was formed in 3.1940 with
IMAM Ro.37bis and Waco JHD.
Aircraft Used:
Role: Bomber.
No unit history known. From 1939 to 1942 the unit is also refered as
Escuadrilla de Bombardeo No.4.
Aircraft Used:
Sección de Entrenamiento y Aviones Estafeta
Role: Training/Liaison.
The unit was formed in 3.1940 with with one Tiger Moth and one Hanriot H-431.
Aircraft Used:
Role: Fighter.
The unit was formed as
Escuadrilla de Caza on 15.1.1924 with a pair of SPAD 13.C1
and was later renamed
Escuadrilla de Caza 2 and reequipped with Waco JDH. In 1941 the unit was disbanded and the
Waco JDH were assigned to the
Escuadrilla de Información of Base Aeronáutica No.1.
The unit was reformed as
Grupo de Aviación No.2 (Caza) on 8.5.1951 as
part of Base Aérea No.1 with the newly
arrived F-51D Mustang.
In 1978 the unit became part of Brigada Aérea II and received its current name
after a reorganisation of the FAU in 1994.
Aircraft Used:
Escuadrón Aéreo 3
(Transporte)
Role: Transport.
The unit was formed on
27.4.1994 with personell and equipment, which
came from the former Regimiento Táctico No.1 and the old Grupos de Aviación 3, 4
y 6 (Transporte). The Grupo de Aviación 3 (Transporte) was formed on 23.3.1947
as Grupo Aeronáutico 3
with some Douglas C-47 Dakota and Beech AT-11 Kansan. In 1950 the unit received some North
American B-25J Mitchell and was renamed Grupo de Aviación
3 (Bombardeo) and in 1951 the C-47 formed a new transport unit, the
Grupo de Aviación 4 (Transporte). The Grupo de Aviación 3
(Bombardeo) was renamed Grupo de Aviación 3 (Transporte) on 17.9.1964. Since the
1950s the Sección Fotografía, which was founded in the 1920s as part of
the Escuela Militar de Aviación, with North American AT-6 and one Aero Comander
680 were part of the group. In 1978 the Grupo Fotográfico of the Fuerza Aérea
(today Servicio de Sensores Remotos Aeroespaciales) was formed as an independent
unit of the group. In 1975 the group received some Embraer C-95 Bandeirante, but
these aircraft fromed on 13.1.1976 a new transport unit, the
Grupo de Aviación 6 (Transporte). The unit got its
present name on 27.4.1994.
Aircraft Used:
Brigada Aérea I
Type
Qty
Service
Example
Serials
IMAM Ro.37bis
6
1937 - 1945
1-6, later 100-104
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth
2
1937 - 1942
4,16
North American AT-6B/C/D/G Texan
50
1942 - 1978
333-381
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth
3
1942 - 1949
605,609,613
Piper AE-1 Grasshopper
1
1944 - n/a
n/a
Ryan Navion L-17B
1
1951 - n/a
521
de Havilland DHC.1 Chipmunk
1
1958 - 1960
608
Type
Qty
Service
Example
Serials
IMAM Ro.37bis
3
1940 - 1945
2,3,5,later 100-104
Waco JHD
3
1940 - 1947
300,301,302
Type
Qty
Service
Example
Serials
Potez 25TOE/A2
7/8
1929 - 1948
1-7
de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
1
1939 - 1942
4
Type
Qty
Service
Example
Serials
Hanriot H-431
1
1936 - n/a
E-10
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth
1
1939 - 1942
601
Type
Qty
Service
Example
Serials
SPAD 13.C1
8
1924 - 1930
1-8
Waco JDH
6
1937 - 1948
1-6
de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
1
1939 - 1942
15
North American AT-6B/C/D/G Texan
50
1942 - 1978
333-381
North American F-51D Mustang
25
1950 - 1959
250-274
Lockheed AT-33A Shooting Star
15
1956 - 1996
201-213
Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star
12
1958 - 1970
210-216,218-223
Cessna A-37B Dragonfly
16
1976 - Present
270-285
Type
Qty
Service
Example
Serials
Beech AT-11 Kansan
10
1942 - n/a
100-109
Beech UC-45/C-45F Expeditor
1/7
1943 - n/a
501-506,540
Beech UC-43 Traveler
1
1944 - 1959
501
Douglas C-47 Dakota
22
1946 - 1988
506-524
North American B-25J Mitchell
15
1950 - 1963
150-164
Beech UC-45/C-45F Expeditor
1/7
1943 - n/a
501-506,540
Aero Comander 680
1
1957 - n/a
501
Cessna 210
1
1969 - n/a
746
Beech A65 Queen Air (U-8F)
7
1969 - 1970
540-547
Fokker F-27 Friendship
2
1970 - 2000
T-561,562
Fairchild FH-227D
3
1971 - 1994
T-570-572
Embraer EMB-110B/C Bandeirante
1/5
1975 - 1976
580-585
CASA C-212M-200 Aviocar
5
1981 - Present
530-534
Cessna 170B
1
1988 - n/a
736
Cessna 182
3
1991 - Present
740-742
Cessna 172C
1
1991 - Present
745
Lockheed C-130B Hercules
3
1992 - Present
591-593
Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia
1
1999 -
Present
550
Grupo de Aviación 4 (Transporte)
Role: Transport.
The unit was formed with some C-47 Dakota from the Grupo de Aviación 3 (Transporte) on 18.6.1951. The group was disbanded in 1994, when the Escuadrón Aéreo 3 (Transporte) was established.
Aircraft Used:
| Type | Qty | Service | Example Serials |
| Douglas C-47 Dakota | 22 | 1946 - 1988 | 507-524 |
| Ryan Navion L-17B | 2 | 1949 - 1958 | no serial |
| Fokker F-27 Friendship | 2 | 1970 - 2000 | T-561,562 |
| Fairchild FH-227D | 3 | 1971 - 1994 | T-570-572 |
Escuadrón Aéreo 5 (Helicopterós)
Role: Transport/Liaison/Support.
The unit was formed on 25.7.1955 as Agrupamiento Provisorio de Búsqueda y Rescate with two Bell OH-13G. In July 1964 the unit got two Hiller OH-23F Raven (UH-12E). On 9.7.1965 the name was changed to Grupo de Aviación No.5 (Búsqueda y Rescate) with the addition of two Hiller OH-23F and one Cessna U-17A Skywagon. From 1970 the unit got eight UH-1H Iroquois. By 1975, another six ex-USAF, utility role UH-1B were obtained. The unit got its present name on 27.4.1994.
Aircraft Used:
| Type | Qty | Service | Example Serials |
| Bell OH-13G Sioux | 2 | 1955 - 1963 | BR-001,002 |
| Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub | 2 | 1958 - 1991 | 530,531 |
| Ryan Navion L-17B | 2 | 1958 - 1975 | no serial |
| Hiller OH-23F Raven (UH-12E) | 4 | 1964 - 1994 | 026-029 |
| Cessna U-17A Skywagon | 1 | 1965 - n/a |
n/a |
| Bell UH-1B/H Iroquois | 6/11 | 1970 - Present | 050-055,060-065 |
| Bell 212 | 4 | 1980 - Present | 030-033 |
| Westland HC.2 Wessex | 11 | 1997 - Present | 070-080 |
| Eurocopter SA-365N Dauphin II | 2 | 1997 - Present | 090,091 |
Grupo de Aviación 6 (Transporte)
Role: Transport.
In 1975 The Grupo de Aviación 3 (Transporte) received some Embraer
EMB-110C Bandeirante, but
these aircraft formed on 13.1.1976 a new transport unit, the
Grupo de Aviación 6 (Transporte). The group was
disbanded in 1994, when the Escuadrón Aéreo 3
(Transporte) was established. Aircraft Used:
| Type | Qty | Service | Example Serials |
| Embraer EMB-110C Bandeirante | 5 | 1975 - Present | 580-584 |
| Learjet 35A | 1 | 1981 - 1988 | 500 |
Escuadrón de Base Aérea 1
Role: Base Operations.
No unit history known. Aircraft Used:
| Type | Qty | Service | Example Serials |
| no aircraft assigned |
Air Bases:
|
Base |
Duration |
|
Base Aérea Cap. Boiso Lanza/Montevideo |
1935 - 1947 |
| Base Aérea Gral. Berisso/Carrasco | 1947 - Present |
Unit Insignia:
|
Brigada Aérea I |
|
|
References:
- World Air Forces Directory 2006/2007 (Ian Carroll)
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