Author & photographer: Ian French
Flying training for the Fuerza Aerea del Perú is undertaken by the Escuela de Formación de Pilotos N°51 at Base Aérea Capitán Renán Elías Oliveira at Pisco which is approximately 200 km north of Lima. The training covers both basic and advanced and fixed wing and rotary.
The recent unit structure is as follows:
Escuadrón Aéreo de Helicopteros 510 with Schweizer 300C, in service from 2002 (to be replaced in 2020 with the Enstrom F280FX)
Escuadrón Aéreo Primario 511 with the Zlin 242L, in service from 1998 (being replaced by 18 CH2000 from 2015)
Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512 with KAI KT-1P, in service from 2014 (previously Tucano from 1997 to 2016)
Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Avanzada 513 with KAI KA-1P (previously MB339AP from 1982)
Escuadrón Aéreo de Instruccion 514 (disbanded with the withdrawal of the Tucano)
Aviation Press Limited would like to thank Major Luiz and the Fuerza Aerea del Perú for hosting our visit and Metropolitan Touring and Forest Aviation Tours for their assistance in arranging the visit.
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251 Canberra B(I)68 dumped
253 & 255 Canberra B(I)68 stored near the runway
400 KAI KT-1P of Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512
420 KAI KT-1P of Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512
425 KAI KT-1P of Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512
425 KAI KT-1P of Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512
425 KAI KT-1P of Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512
428 KAI KT-1P of Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512
430 KAI KA-1P of Escuadrón Aéreo 513
431 Embraer Tucano ex Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512
435 Embraer Tucano ex Escuadrón Aéreo de Instruccion 514
435 Embraer Tucano ex Escuadrón Aéreo de Instruccion 514
436 KAI KA-1P of Escuadrón Aéreo 513 awaiting repair following an ejector seat accident
439 Embraer Tucano of Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512
443 Embraer Tucano ex Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512, stored on the ramp
447 KAI KA-1P of Escuadrón Aéreo 513
448 Moravan Zlin Z-242L & 499 Zenair/Alarus CH2000 of Escuadrón Aéreo Primario 511
452 Aermacchi MB339AP ex Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Avanzada 513 now stored on the ramp
455 Embraer Tucano ex Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512, stored on the ramp
461 & 463 Moravan Zlin Z- 252L of Escuadrón Aéreo Primario 511
472 Moravan Zlin Z-242L ex Escuadrón Aéreo Primario 511 now preserved
487 Aermacchi MB339AP ex Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Avanzada 513 now stored on the ramp
496 Aermacchi MB339AP ex Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Avanzada 513 now stored on the ramp
665 Schweizer 300C ex Escuadrón Aéreo de Helicopteros 510 now preserved
Close up of 430 KAI KA-1P of Escuadrón Aéreo 513
Storage line at AB Pisco
Embraer Tucanos ex Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512, stored on the ramp
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