Punta Indio Naval Air Base

Punta Indio Naval Air Base
Base Aeronaval Punta Indio
IATA: none – ICAO: SAAI
Summary
Airport type Military
Serves Punta Indio
Location Argentina
Elevation AMSL 52 ft / 16 m
Coordinates 35°20′52.2″S 057°17′40.3″W / 35.347833°S 57.294528°W / -35.347833; -57.294528 (Punta Indio Naval Air Base (Punta Indio))Coordinates: 35°20′52.2″S 057°17′40.3″W / 35.347833°S 57.294528°W / -35.347833; -57.294528 (Punta Indio Naval Air Base (Punta Indio))
Map
SAAI

Location of Punta Indio Naval Air Base in Argentina

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 6,960 2,121 Asphalt
07/25 4,570 1,393 Asphalt
12/30 3,920 1,195 Asphalt
Source: Landings.com[1][2]

Punta Indio Naval Air Base (Spanish: Base Aeronaval Punta Indio, ICAO: SAAI) is a military airport operated by the Argentine Naval Aviation located near Punta Indio, Buenos Aires province, Argentina.

History

El Plata (DE-1 / O-1) at its moorings, Punta Indio, 1928

Punta Indio Naval Air Base (Argentine Navy identifier: BAPI), the cradle of Argentine Naval Aviation, was established in 1928 on land that was donated by Martín Tornquist, who founded the nearby city of Verónica located about 5 kilometers away. The base was strategically located to control access by ship to the River Plate (Spanish: Río de la Plata), initially via manned balloons.

On 16 June 1955, Punta Indio was the base from where the naval aircraft that bombarded the Casa Rosada attempting to kill president Juan Domingo Perón took off.[3] This action would be the preface to the September uprising known as "Revolución Libertadora".

In April 1963, during the Navy uprising (part of the Azules y Colorados confrontation), rebel naval aircraft from Punta Indio attacked the loyalist 8th Tank Regiment; afterwards the air base was attacked by the loyalist Air Force and occupied by the Army.

During the National Reorganization Process, a Clandestine Detention Centre was active at Punta Indio.[4]

In 2008 the First Naval Air Squadron was deactivated due to lack of budget.[5]

En el 2011 the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the Naval Aviation School was celebrated.[6]

Units

Punta Indio Naval Air Base is the location of the First Naval Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aeronaval N° 1), composed of the following units:

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Airport record for Punta Indio Naval Air Base at Landings.com. Retrieved 2 September 2013
  2. ↑ Google (2 September 2013). "location of Punta Indio Naval Air Base" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Clarin.com (12 de junio de 2015) "Los protagonistas del bombardeo del 55 cuentan por qué no pudieron matar a Perón" (Spanish) Accessed 9 August 2015
  4. ↑ CONADEP report (Spanish) Accessed 9 August 2015
  5. ↑ Ministerio de Defensa cierra la Primera Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Ataque (Spanish) Accessed 9 August 2015
  6. ↑ La Escuela de Aviación Naval celebró su 90 Aniversario (Spanish)

Further reading

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