Government first announced purchase of new helicopters in August 2018.
First one, a second-hand Ke from Panama, arrived March 2019 following two more next month. These helicopters were acquired using replacement insurance for lost aircraft, a December 2017 Atlas Cheetah and a March 2015 T-34C crashes
Units |
Years | Units | Base |
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2019- | Ala de Combate 22 | Guayaquil |
Deployments |
List of Aircraft |
C/N | Mod | Built | ID In this Org | In other Org | |||
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14738 | aw119ke | FAE-1201 FAE d/d Ala22, pictured (pic4) | N103YS: Agusta Aerospace Corp at Philadelphia, PA Nov08 - HP-1677IA: Inversiones Aéreas de Panama SA Apr09-2019; 2019 on sa... | ||||
14773 | FAE-1202 FAE d/d Aug19, Ala 22 | ||||||
aw119ke | FAE-1203 FAE d/d , pictured;
type not confirmed, may be Ke or Kx | - XB-PPR: Mexico, to Ecuador | |||||
14741 | aw119ke | 2009 | FAE-1204 FAE from Jun19, Ala 22 | N245SM: AgustaWestland, PA N965TC: Bank of Utah Trustee Feb10-Apr16 N965TC: Kinetica Deepwater Express Inc at Patterson, LA Apr16-F... N965TC: AgustaWestland, PA Feb/Jun 2019 Feb19 pictured with the ILandMiami heliboat |