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.

Air Bases:

Base	Duration
Base Aérea Gral. Berisso/Carrasco	1947 - Present

Aircraft Used:

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
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 212M-200 Aviocar	6	1981 - Present	530-535
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

Unit Insignia:

 

Grupo de Aviación 3 (Bombardeo)	Grupo de Aviación 3 (Transporte)	Escuadrón Aéreo 3 (Transporte)

References:

• World Air Forces Directory 2006/2007 (Ian Carroll)