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The Ecuadorian Air Force (Шаблон:Lang-es, FAE) is the air branch of the Armed Forces of Ecuador.

Mission

To develop the military air wing, in order to execute institutional objectives which guarantee sovereignty and contribute towards the nation's security and development.

Vision

To be a dissuasive Air Force, respected and accepted by society, pioneering within the nation's air-space development.

History

The FAE was officially created on October 27, 1920. However, like in many other countries, military flying activity started before the formal date of birth of the Air Force. The history of Ecuador is marked by many skirmishes with its neighbour Peru. As a direct result of the 1910 Ecuador-Peru crisis the members of Шаблон:Lang decided to expand their sporting activities into aviation as well. Renamed Шаблон:Lang, they started an aviation school.Шаблон:Citation needed Cosme Rennella Barbatto, an Italian living in Guayaquil, was one of the first members of Шаблон:Lang. In 1912 Barbato was sent to his native Italy for training where he successfully graduated as a pilot. He later returned to Europe a second time in 1915, where he participated in World War I.[1] In 152 combat sorties he scored 18 victories, although only 7 were confirmed. When he returned to Ecuador, his experiences served as motivation for a reduced group of Ecuadorian pilots, who moved to the Aviation School in Turin, Italy, with the objective of graduating as the first Ecuadorian pilots of the nascent Ecuadorian Military Aviation.

By 1939 the Ecuadorian Air Force was still limited to about 30 aircraft and a staff of about 60, including 10 officers.[2] Military aviation did not start in earnest until the early forties when an Ecuadorian mission to the United States resulted in the delivery of an assortment of aircraft for the Aviation school at Salinas. Three Ryan PT-22 Recruits, six Curtiss-Wright CW-22 Falcons, six Fairchild PT-19A Cornells and three North American AT-6A Harvards arrived in March 1942, considerably boosting the capacity of the Шаблон:Lang at Salinas.

The 1950s and 1960s saw a further necessary buildup of the air force, gaining more units and aircraft. Meanwhile, efforts were made in enhancing the facilities at various airbases. In May 1961 the First Air Zone with its subordinate unit Шаблон:Lang was founded. The Second Air Zone controlled the units in the southern half of Ecuador, Шаблон:Lang, Шаблон:Lang at Guayaquil and Шаблон:Lang at Manta as well as the Шаблон:Lang (ESMA) at Salinas.

The Шаблон:Lang has its own commercial branch, like in many other South American countries, the Шаблон:Lang (TAME). Besides military transport aircraft, it also uses commercial airliners. Flying to locations off the beaten track, TAME provides an additional service to the people of Ecuador.

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3 Ecuadoran Air Force Aircraft in 1986

The FAE saw action on several occasions. A continuous border dispute with Peru flared up in 1981 and 1995.[3][4] Today the FAE faces the war on drugs as well as many humanitarian and logistic missions into the Amazon-region of the country.

Structure

Шаблон:Update This is the current structure of the Ecuadorian Air Force:[5]

Aircraft

Current inventory

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An Ecuadorian IAI Kfir C.2 on takeoff during Exercise Blue Horizon '86
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A Bell 206 Jet Ranger
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
Atlas Cheetah South Africa fighter Cheetah C 9[7] upgraded variant of the Dassault Mirage III
Transport
Boeing 737 United States VIP transport 1[7]
Boeing 727 United States transport / VIP 1[7]
C-130 Hercules United States transport C-130E/H 3[7]
CASA C-295 Spain transport / SAR 3[7]
Piper PA-34 United States utility 1[7]
Gulfstream II United States VIP transport 1[7]
DHC-6 Twin Otter Canada utility / transport 3[7] STOL capable aircraft
Super King Air United States utility 350 1[7]
Military helicopter
Leonardo AW119 Italy utility Mk II[8] 4[7]
Eurocopter EC145 Germany utility 6[7]
Trainer Aircraft
Bell 206 United States rotocraft trainer 4[7]
Grob G 120TP Germany trainer 8[7]
EMB 314 Super Tucano Brazil advanced trainer 17[7]
Diamond DA20 Katana Austria trainer 20[9]

Retired

Previous notable aircraft flown included the Gloster Meteor, English Electric Canberra, SEPECAT Jaguar, BAC Strikemaster, Republic P-47, PBY Catalina, Hawker Siddeley HS 748, Lockheed T-33, T-28 Trojan, H-13 Sioux, and the HAL Dhruv helicopter[10][11][12]

Air defense

Name Origin Type In service Notes
Mobile surface-to-air missile system
9K33 Osa Soviet Union amphibious SAM system 2[13] obtained from Ukraine
9K38 Igla Russia MANPADS 222[13]
M167 VADS United States SPAAG 28[13]

See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:Commons category

Шаблон:Military of Ecuador Шаблон:Air forces in Latin America Шаблон:Air forces Шаблон:Authority control

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  1. ↑ Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell; Alegi, Gregory. (1997) Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918: Volume 4 of Fighting Airmen of WWI Series: Volume 4 of Air Aces of WWI. Oxford: Grub Street. pp. 155-156.
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  5. ↑ Eric Katerberg & Anno Gravemaker, Force Report: Ecuador Air Force, Air Forces Monthly, July 2008 issue.
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  7. ↑ 7,00 7,01 7,02 7,03 7,04 7,05 7,06 7,07 7,08 7,09 7,10 7,11 7,12 7,13 Шаблон:Cite web
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
  9. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  10. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  11. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  12. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  13. ↑ 13,0 13,1 13,2 Шаблон:Cite web
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