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The Naval Aviation School trains pilots for the Mexican Naval Aviation as well as staff from the Federal Preventive Police and Naval personnel from various countries of Central America. This school is located on La Paz, Baja California Sur .
The Naval Infantry Corps (Spanish: Cuerpo de Infantería de Marina), also referred to as the Mexican Marines, are the naval infantry force of the Mexican Navy. The main task of the Infantería de Marina is to guarantee the maritime security of the country's ports and external and internal defense of the country.
Valle class - 11 (10 ships still active, 1 still at least afloat in Guaymas in January 2009; 1 other ship's fate unknown, 5 ships previously-retired in 1988 or 2004, 1 previously-scuttled as a dive wreck & artificial reef on 3/3/2022 near San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico, and 1 more sunk in 2006 by the Mexican Navy)
The Mexican Search and Rescue primary missions are SAR operations within 50 miles of the Mexican coast line, to accomplish search and rescue operations in a timely manner, It utilizes 5 current active Naval Stations. [2] There are two types of Search and Rescue Naval Stations (Estaciones Navales de Búsqueda y Rescate, ENSAR).
In the 1990s, the Mexican navy started to acquire Russian-built aircraft and helicopters, including the Mil Mi-2, Mil Mi-8 and Antonov An-32B.They also purchased French, U.S. and German-made helicopters and the Finnish-built L-90 Redigo.
The Oaxaca class are offshore patrol vessels, constructed and designed by and for the Mexican Navy.The class is named after the Mexican state of Oaxaca.The Mexican Navy has requested seven of these ships with four already in service, three in construction, which were disclosed on June 1 [year missing] on the Navy anniversary, with the name PO-163 Independencia, which is to celebrate the 200th ...
The Mexican Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de México) are the military forces of the United Mexican States. The Spanish crown established a standing military in colonial Mexico in the eighteenth century. [5] After Mexican independence in 1821, the military played an important political role, with army generals serving as heads of state ...
The Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces), commonly known as FES is a Tier 1 special operations group of the Mexican Naval Infantry Corps (the 'Mexican Marines') under the Mexican Navy, established in 2001.