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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:	Login to Edit

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
8594	UH-1D		H-10: FAA. ex BuNo 66-16400. w/o 22dic74
8809	UH-1D		H-10: FAA. ex BuNo 66-16615. d/d 11sep97
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
9522	UH-1H		H-12: FAA. ex BuNo 67-17324. w/o 17aug82 at Ituzaingo: emergency landing on rail
9523	UH-1H		H-14: FAA. ex BuNo 67-17325
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 1997. Preserved Aeronautical National Museum (M
8876	UH-1D		H-17: FAA. ex BuNo 66-16682. d/d 16nov97. jul09 at Area Material Quilmes structu
8714	UH-1D		H-18: FAA. ex BuNo 66-16520. d/d 1997. w/o 18nov04
9701	UH-1H		H-19: FAA. ex BuNo 67-17503. d/d 1997. w/o 23jan01.
arh19?	205		H-19: c/n unknown, without plaque. d/d FAA 1998 as spares and without serial ass
61-466	S-61N		H-71: Further reading
30830	212		H-81: FAA d/d 1978 UN white cammo
30831	212		H-82: FAA d/d 1978. w/o 18jun78 at Rosario, Santa Fe
30834	212		H-83: FAA d/d 1978. lost Malvinas 1982
30836	212		H-84: FAA. crash 10nov84. rebuilt
30837	212		H-85: FAA. lost Malvinas 1982
30838	212		H-86: FAA. served as ArgAir UN-136 at UNFICYP Cyprus and MINUSTAH Haiti
30839	212		H-87: FAA. 25jul90 at Cordoba
32261	212		H-87: FAA ex Israel. d/d sep98 non-stop flight directly from Haifa, Israel to Cy
30840	212		H-88: FAA w/o 02feb93 at Marambio Base, Antarctica
32138	212		H-88: FAA LV-NJI ex PT-HPO
31141	212		H-89: FAA. damaged. repaired in Colombia. Sent as UN-137 to MINUSTAH Haiti
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

31 C/N found in this Organisation.