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Venezuelan Air Force, officially the Venezuelan National Bolivarian Military Aviation film from 1956 showing B-25 Mitchell, Canberra bombers, Sabre jets, T-6 Harvards, C-47 Dakotas and Vampire jets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAqsMkMjWX4

Cool film, thanks for the link. Everyone can skip the first 11:30 unless you're into high-hatted, goose steppers. I especially enjoyed the couple brief glimpses of the FAV, Sikorsky S-55's at 12:25 or so and again in the last 30 seconds. According to SIDSIKO's database, these four ships were purchased outright from Sikorsky as opposed to being supplied via Military Assistance.

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Nice to see the S-55s.
Did you notice at the very end of the first scene with them the rotor of a Bell 47 sticking above the reviewing truck?

Also, there is another shot of the Sikhs day's doing their circle thing about a minute before the end.

All in all,not a bad air force for the period, T-6s for training (and perhaps coin), Vampires for CAS, Sabres for air superiority, B-25s and Canberras for bombing....there seemed to be C-45s or were they AT-11s?

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