Organization:Captain Guillermo Reynaldo Cortez Military Aviation School

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Short description: Military aviation school in El Salvador
Short description: Military academy, flight school in El Salvador
Captain P.A. Guillermo Reynaldo Cortez Military Aviation School
Escuela de Aviación Militar "Capitán P.A. Guillermo Reynaldo Cortez"
Location
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Ilopango International Airport, Ilopango

El Salvador
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 13°41′37″N 89°07′17″W / 13.69361°N 89.12139°W / 13.69361; -89.12139
Information
Former nameMilitary Aviation School
TypeMilitary academy, flight school
MottoTodo por mi Patria (Spanish)
(Everything for my Fatherland)
Established1923 (first iteration)
10 December 1983 (current form)
AuthoritySalvadoran Air Force
LanguageSpanish
Websitewww.fas.gob.sv/eam/index.html

Captain P.A. Guillermo Reynaldo Cortez Military Aviation School (Spanish: Escuela de Aviación Military "Capitán P.A. Guillermo Reynaldo Cortez") is a military academy and flight school located at the Ilopango International Airport in Ilopango, El Salvador.

History

A black-and-white photograph of pilot Ricardo Arbele
Ricardo Arbele, one of the Military Aviation School's first graduates

The Military Aviation School was established in 1923 shortly after the establishment of the Salvadoran Air Fleet.[1] Sub-lieutenants Juan Ramón Munés and Ricardo Aberle graduated as the flight school's first pilots on 12 July 1924.[2] On 10 December 1983, Executive Decree No. 95 reorganized the Military Aviation School as the Captain P.A. Guillermo Reynaldo Cortez Military Aviation School at it resumed operations on 2 March 1985. The flight school is named after Guillermo Reynaldo Cortez, a Salvadoran pilot who was killed in action during the 1969 Football War.[3][1]

Equipment

The Captain P.A. Guillermo Reynaldo Cortez Military Aviation School operates the Bell UH-1H Iroquois, ENAER T-35 Pillán, and Schweizer S300.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Centro de Educación e Instrucción Militar Aeronáutico" (in es). Salvadoran Air Force. https://www.fas.gob.sv/cima/cima.html#:~:text=años%20de%20formación.-,La%20Escuela%20de%20Aviación%20Militar%20%22Cap.,de%20la%20FUERZA%20AEREA%20SALVADOREÑA.. 
  2. ↑ Cornejo Escobar, Douglas A.. "Orígenes de la Aviación Nacional" (in es). Salvadoran Air Force. http://www.fas.gob.sv/historiadiv.html. 
  3. ↑ Mena Guerra, Carlos Ernesto (18 March 2023). "El Salvador Celebra 100 Años Volando" (in es). El Diario de Hoy. https://www.elsalvador.com/h-noticias/h-nacional/el-salvador-historia-/1047882/2023/. 
  4. ↑ "Perspectiva de Ingreso a la Escuela de Aviación" (in es). Salvadoran Air Force. https://www.fas.gob.sv/eam/areas.html. 
  5. ↑ Morales, David (22 July 2024). "Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña Adquirió un Helicóptero Schweizer 7H300C" (in es). La Noticia SV. https://lanoticiasv.com/fuerza-aerea-salvadorena-adquirio-un-helicoptero-schweizer-7h300c/. 

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