National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Marine Corps, Naval Aviation, and Coast Guard). Navy 1,100 personnel; 850 conscript (total 1,950 personnel)

PARAGUAY NATIONAL NAVY AVIATION
Naval Aviation 100 personnel.

Forces by Role & Equipment by Type


• AIRCRAFT No combat capable. Total 6 Aircrafts
  (1 Ac sqn with)

Liaison 4 Utl ac:
1 Cessna 401A Utilinier;
1 Cessna 310K;
1 Cessna 310H;
1 Cessna 210N Centurion;

Training 2 Trg ac:
2 Cessna 150M


• HELICOPTER No combat capable. Total 6 Helicopters.
  (1 Hel sqn with)

Support 2 Spt hel
2 Helicopteros do Brasil SA (Helibras) HB-350B Esquilo
 
Utility & Rotary Flying Training 4 Utl Trg hel:
4 Robinson R-44 Clipper

Utility (Storage or Retired) 2 Utl hel:
1 Bell OH-13H Sioux
1 Hiller UH-12E Raven


• FACILITIES
  Paraguay Navy Force Main Headquarters:
  The main base is the Puerto Sajonia in Asuncion

  Naval Aviation Airfields and Airbases Organisation:
  Bases: Asuncion-Silvio Pettirossi, Sajonia
 
  Aviación de la Armada Nacional Paraguaya
  Naval Aviation Command (COMAVAN)
 
  NAS Sajonia Air Base
  Grupo Aeronaval de Helicópteros (GAHE)
  Escuadrilla de Helicópteros de Ataque (EHA)
  Escuadrilla de Propósitos Generales (EPG)
  GAHN: OH-13, HB-350B, UH-12

  Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi IAP
  Grupo Aeronaval de Propósitos Generales (GAPROGEN): Cessna 206/210/310
  Grupo Aeronaval Entrenamiento (GAEN): Cessna 150M


Paraguayan Navy Inventory Equipment Notes:
Patrol and Coastal Combatants 28 (PCR 8: 2 (ROC); 1 Capitan Cabral; 2 Capitan Ortiz less than 100 tonnes (ROC Hai Ou); 1 Itapu; 2 Nanawa, MISC BOATS/CRAFT 20
Amphibious 2 LCT
Logistic and Support 3: 2 AKSL (also serve as river transport); 1 TRG)
Navy Facilities: Bases Located at Asunción (Puerto Sajonia), Bahía Negra, Cuidad Del Este