Prefectura Naval Argentina

The Servicio de Aviación (Coast Guard Aviation Service) traces its origins back to 1946 when a small group of officers was sent to the Argentine Naval Aviation school. They learned how to fly on the Boeing N2S Kaydet and North American SNJ of the Argentine Navy, which also transferred its first aircraft: Three Grumman JRF Goose.

In 1961, the service received its first helicopter: a Sikorsky S-51 Dragonfly.

Nowadays, supported by CASA 212MP and Beechcraft 350ER MPA aircraft, the PNA helicopters fly daily performing search and rescue, surveillance, and general support missions from the tropical Iguazu region to the patagonian Tierra del Fuego.