Aviación Naval Argentina

    Foward to modernize and increase the transportation capabilities of the Naval Aviation Command. During 1977, three units of the famous Fokker F-28 Fellowship were acquired, also operated by the Argentine Air Force, for the transportation of personnel and cargo. The three specimens arrived in the country during 1979 and were baptized “Stella Maris”, “Beagle Channel” and “Islas Malvinas”.

    The Devices were part of the 2nd. Mobile Logistics Support Aeronaval Squadron, based at the Ezeiza Airport, and served to complement the Lockheed Electra belonging to the 1st. Naval Air Squadron of the Navy.

    During the Malvinas/Falklands War, the 2nd Naval Air Squadron carried out personnel and small equipment transportation functions. Between April 2 and 30, the Navy Fellowships made more than twenty flights between the Islands and the Continent, transporting Navy and Marine Corps personnel.

After the attacks on May 1, the airport had to be closed due to damage to the runway, so the Naval Aviation Command practically ended operations although in the following six weeks at least four flights operated to the Malvinas. After the conflict ended, the three devices returned to their usual tasks. In 1999, 5-T-20 was put into storage, and 5-T-10 was cannibalized to be used as spare parts. The last unit was stored in 2012 and finally decommissioned and cannibalized in March 2016.