Aircraft Photo of 1964 | Fairchild C-26B Metro III | Venezuela - Air Force | AirHistory.net #877392
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:1964
Aircraft Original Type:Swearingen SA-226 Metro
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild SA-227 Merlin IV/Metro/Expediter (C-26)
Aircraft Version:Fairchild C-26B Metro III
C/n (msn):AC740B
Operator Titles:Venezuela - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Caracas - Generalisimo Francisco de MirandaMap
Country:Venezuela
Airport Codes:ICAO: SVFM   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:21 November 2000
Photo by:Tim Spearman
Photo ID: 877392
Photo Comment

Built in 1989. Ex N2730M and 86-0452, one of two ex USAF C-26s delivered to Venezuela in 2001. Later modified as a C-26EW electronic warfare platform, at least one was believed to be active with Escuadrón de Inteligencia de Señales 852 at Palo Negro in 2021.

This photo is copyright © Tim Spearman, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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