Uruguayan Armed Forces: Uruguayan National Army (Ejercito Nacional Uruguaya, ENU), Uruguayan National Navy (Armada Nacional del Uruguay; includes naval air arm, Naval Rifle Corps (Cuerpo de Fusileros Navales, Fusna), Maritime Prefecture in wartime), Uruguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya, FAU) Active 24,621 (Army 16,234 Navy 5,403 Air 2,984) Paramilitary 920

URUGUAYAN AIR FORCE • Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya (FAU)

Air Force 2,984 personnel. Flying hours 120 hrs/year

Forces by Role & Equipment by Type

• AIRCRAFT 16 combat capable. Total 60 Aircrafts.

Fighter Ground Attack 2 sqn with 16 FGA ac:

1 sqn with 11 Cessna A-37B Dragonfly;

1 sqn with 5 FMA IA-58B Pucará;

Transport 1 sqn with 8 Tpt ac:

2 Lockheed C–130B Hércules;

3 CASA C–212 Aviocar;

2 Embraer EMB-110C Bandeirante;

1 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia

Liaison 1 sqn 16 Liaison ac:

4 Cessna T-41D Mescalero;

11 Cessna 206H Stationair;

1 Piper L-21 (PA-18) Super Cub;

Survey 1 flt with 1 Surv ac:

1 Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante;

Training some sqn with 19 Trg ac:

5 Pilatus PC-7U Turbo Trainer;

12 SIAI-Marchetti SF-260 EU Warrior;

2 Beech UB-58 Baron;

• HELICOPTER No armed capable. Total 11 Helicopters.

Utility Hel sqn with 11 Utl hel:

1 Aérospatiale AS-365 Dauphin;

4 Bell 212;

6 Bell UH–1H Iroquois

• FACILITIES

  Uruguay Air Force Main Headquarters: HQ Located at xxxx

           
  Uruguay Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya) Airfields and Air Bases Organization:

Aerdodromo Militar General Artigas (SUGA) Air Base

Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica Brigada: UB-58 (Beech 58), T-260 (F260EU)       

Canelones (SUMU) Air Base

Brigada Aérea I

EA3T (Escuadrón Aéreo N°3 Transporte): C-130B, C-212 (C212), C-120 (EMB120),

C-95 (EMB110), Cessna 210     

EA5H (Escuadrón Aéreo N°5 Helicópteros): AS-365N2, Bell 212, UH-1H           

Brigada de Mantenimiento y Abastecimiento: U-206 (Cessna 206)

Direccion General de Infraestructura Aeronautica: U-8F (Beech A65)     

Durazno (SUDU) Air Base

Brigada Aérea II

EA1A (Escuadrón Aéreo N°1 Ataque): IA-58     

EA2C (Escuadrón Aéreo N°2 Caza): A-37B, OA-37B     

EVA (Escuadrón de Vuelo Avanzado N°4): AT-92 (PC-7U)        

EdE (Escuadrilla de Enlace): Cesna 206, U-206 (Cessna U206H), PA-18

Montevideo (SUAA) Air Base

Brigada Aérea III

EA7O (Escuadrón Aéreo N°7 Observación y Enlace): U-206 (Cessna U206H), T-41D

Toledo Sur Air Base

Escuela Técnica de Aeronáutica "Tnte.Cnel. José A. Rígoli"

Note: Uruguay has 9 airports with paved runways (over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 2) and 49 airports with unpaved runways (1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 20 under 914 m: 26)