Caracas, 06/02/2010, Aeroblog .- Caracas, May 20 (Carlos E. Hernandez) .- A center for maintenance of helicopters will be built by the national government in Acarigua, Portuguesa state, through the Compañía Anónima Venezolana de Industrias Military (Cavim).
aeronautical facility will be called The Maintenance and Recovery Center Helicopter "Cemareh.
To this end, the state military company has opened a tender for the construction of urban civil works.
qualified sources have reported that this is the maintenance center for Russian helicopters, negotiated four years ago by the Ministry of People's Power for Defense to repair such aircraft, acquired in Russia for the four components of the National Armed Force (FAN) and other agencies of the Venezuelan State.
Originally, the service center was to be installed in San Felipe, Yaracuy state, which hosts the Helicopter Battalion "Brigadier General Florencio Jiménez" and the School of Army Aviation.
Subsequently, the former governor of Cojedes, Johnny Yanez Rangel, during his national government introduced a project to install the center at the airport in the city of San Carlos, as part of a complex aircraft, including a school aviation and other facilities.
From 2005 to date, the Venezuelan government in Russia has acquired a total of 53 helicopters for the Armed Forces: 38 multipurpose Mi-17V-5, 10 attack Mi-35M2, 3 heavy transport and Mi-26T2 3 Mi-172VIP for use by the President.
also bought three Mi-172 model SAR version for the Search and Rescue Service National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC).
There are also Russian helicopter manufacturing in the Venezuelan aeronautical park property from private operators also benefit from the services provided Center Helicopter Maintenance and Recovery, to be installed in Acarigua. Source: notitarde.com
DNA / Aeroblog
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