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==Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya)== {{Main|Uruguayan Air Force|List of military aircraft of Uruguay}} The Air Force consists of about 3,000 personnel and organized into three Air Brigades (I, II, & III) and several Squadrons. Combat aircraft consist of a few Cessna [[A-37 Dragonfly#Variants|A-37B Dragonflies]] and transport aircraft of two [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|Lockheed C-130]]s, two [[Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante|Embraer C-95 Bandeirante]]s, one [[Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia|Embraer C-120ER Brasilia]], five Spanish [[CASA C.212|CASA C-212-200/300 Aviocar]]s and ten Cessna U-206H Stationairs. The helicopter fleet consist of a few [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1H Iroquois]], five [[Bell 212]] and two [[Eurocopter Dauphin|Eurocopter AS-365N2 Dauphin]]. The Air Force Academy (''Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica'') is located at General Artigas Air Base in [[Pando, Uruguay|Pando]], [[Canelones Department|Canelones]]; the Air Force Technical School of Aeronautics (''Escuela Técnica de Aeronáutica'') in Toledo Sur, [[Canelones Department|Canelones]]; and the Air Force Command Academy (''Escuela de Comando y Estado Mayor Aéreo'') at Captain Boiso Lanza Air Base in [[Montevideo]]. Training aircraft consists of twelve Italian [[Aermacchi SF.260|Aermacchi SF-260EU]], three [[Beechcraft Baron|Beechcraft UB-55 and UB-58 Baron]]s, and five Swiss [[Pilatus PC-7|Pilatus PC-7U Turbo Trainer]]s.
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