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El Salvador United States: Based on a Dodge M37. Armour kits and turrets purchased from the United States and applied in El Salvador [5] VCT-A1 Infantry fighting vehicle: 1 El Salvador: Armed with two 20mm HS cannons, used as an anti-aircraft vehicle, designed and produced by the Salvadoran Army. VCT-A2 Infantry fighting vehicle: 3 El Salvador
From 1947 to 1953, El Salvador held an agreement with the US whereby an American military aviation mission would be sent to El Salvador; El Salvador would seek advice from the US preferentially and purchase arms from the US. [11] [12] Some Salvadoran military officers were trained in North America and the Panama Canal Zone.
On October 15, 1979, the military government was deposed by a joint military-civilian government calling itself the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador (JRG). The JRG's policies were met with opposition from the military and economic elites and government repression increased, with tens of thousands of civilians being killed in 1980 ...
The Salvadoran Civil War was a military conflict that pitted the guerrilla forces of the left-wing Marxist-oriented Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) against the armed and security forces loyal to the military-led conservative government of El Salvador, between 1979 and 1992.
The Salvadoran Air Force first saw action in the 1969 Football War against Honduras equipped with F4U Corsairs and P-51 Mustangs. From the late 1970s, isolated guerrilla actions rapidly developed into a civil war. US aid to El Salvador in 1980 consisted of six UH-1Hs and four in 1981; they were used as gunships. Other deliveries brought that ...
A former member of the El Salvador military involved in the most gruesome massacre in contemporary Latin American history has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Scripps ...
The U.S. arrested Salvadoran retired military officer Roberto Antonio Garay Saravia, for his alleged involvement in El Salvador's El Mozote massacre.
Pages in category "Military of El Salvador" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... List of equipment of the Salvadoran Army; M. USCGC Madrona;