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vii brigada aerea

fuerza aerea argentina

7th air brigade
argentine air force

1951 to present

Unit History:

The 7th Air Group concentrate all air force helicopter training and operations except the Andes mountains search and rescue Lamas.

Since 1994, argentine air force operates Bell 212 and Hughes 500 helicopters as part of United Nations ArgAir flight in Cyprus achieving 10.000 flight hours without any accident October 21, 2003.

In 2004, 7th Air Brigade deploy 2 Bell 212 to support United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) where they join chilean air force helicopters.

Bases / Heliports of this unit:

Years	Base / Heliport
2004/now	Port-Au-Prince
1994/now	Nicosia (Lefkosia)
1988/now	Mariano Moreno
1982	Port Stanley
1978/now	Vicecomodoro Marambio

Models served in this unit:	Help Us

Years	Models
1980/02	CH-47C Chinook
1978/now	212
1974/90	s-61 H-3
1969/now	205
1968/now	500

Construction Numbers in this Organisation: (Not all in this unit)	Help Us

C/N	Version	Built	In this Organisation	In other Org
61-763	S-61R		BSH-72: Museo Nacional de Aeronautica
5288	UH-1D		H-09: FAA. ex BuNo 66-0805. w/o 23nov05
9524	UH-1H		H-11: FAA. ex BuNo 67-17326. w/o 19jan78
4802	UH-1D		H-11: FAA. ex BuNo 65-9758. d/d 97
10224	UH-1H		H-15: FAA. ex BuNo 68-15294. w/o 10may85
5483	UH-1D		H-15: FAA. ex BuNo 66-1000. d/d 97
11885	UH-1H		H-16: FAA. ex BuNo 65-15597. w/o 06dec76
5763	UH-1D		H-16: FAA. ex BuNo 66-16069. d/d 97
61-466	S-61N		H-71: Further reading
30839	212		H-87: w/o. Damaged in Cordoba 1990
32261	212		H-87: UH-1N, arrived sep98 in a non-stop flight directly from Haifa, Israel to C
b-800	ch-47c	1979	H-91: Malvinas/Falklands
b-801	ch-47c	1979	H-92: CH-47C-308. B-801/CG.072. d/d 14jan80. w/o 28jan82 accident in Antarctica
b-802	ch-47c	1979	H-93: Malvinas/Falklands

14 C/N found in this Organisation.