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Report Peruvian Air Force

A century

over the

Last year marked Peru’s centenary of military aviation,
an historical milestone celebrated with an air display
performed over the capital, Lima. Amaru Tincopa
reports on the Fuerza Aérea del Perú.

CRUZEX Flight 2018
For the second time in its history, the FAP
participated in the multinational exercise
CRUZEX Flight 2018, the largest of its kind in
South America, in November 2018 at Natal
air base in Brazil. The first time the Peruvians
had taken part in this exercise did not go
well: in 2006, the FAP deployed three A-37Bs
from Escuadrón Aéreo 712, supported by an
L-100-20 Hercules. Unfortunately, on August
20, at Porto Velho, Rondônia, one of the
A-37Bs crashed during take-off, killing Cdr
Michel Quiroz Plekfe and Maj Aldo Consiglieri
Muñoz. The FAP cancelled its participation in
the exercise in the wake of the accident and
ordered the return of the remaining aircraft.
In 2018, the FAP sent four A-37Bs
of Escuadrón Aéreo 712, four Mirage
2000P/DPs of Escuadrón Aéreo 412
and a Hercules, C-27J and Boeing
737-200 as support aircraft.

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