The museum
El Salvador’s air force aviation museum preserves the aircraft used for training, combat, transport and internal security. Its mixed helicopter and fixed-wing inventory chronicles the changing equipment of the Salvadoran Air Force.
The Museo Nacional de Aviación at Ilopango preserves Salvadoran military and civil aviation on the airfield that anchors much of the country’s aviation history. M039 reconciles the previously generic 14-airframe subset to published display identifiers and distinguishes complete aircraft from cockpit or fuselage sections. The collection spans Hueys, Ouragans, the A-26, C-47, C-123, Fouga, DC-6 and civil aircraft.
What defines the collection
Salvadoran military aviation, transports, Cold War fighters and helicopters
What to expect
Expect a mixed indoor-and-outdoor aviation visit on a military airfield. Public hours are published by the FAS, but visitors should still follow base-entry instructions and verify arrangements before a trip centered on one specific airframe.
What the museum holds
14 individually cataloged airframe or partial-airframe exhibits in the cited specialist roster; the official FAS page confirms a broader collection of combat, transport, training aircraft and helicopters
The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois gunship familyOn Display · FAS260
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois gunship familyOn Display · FAS209
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois gunship familyOn Display · FAS320
- Dassault MD 450 OuraganOn Display · FAS713
- Dassault MD 450 OuraganOn Display · FAS705
- Douglas A-26 InvaderOn Display · FAS601
- Fouga CM.170 Magister armed familyOn Display · FAS500
- Bellanca 14-9L Cruisair (YS-64P)On Display · YS-64P
- Boeing 727-225F (N469FE)On Display · N469FE
- Douglas C-47D cockpit and nose section (FAS115)On Display · FAS115
- Douglas DC-6B (FAS301)On Display · FAS301
- Fairchild UC-123K Provider (FAS122)On Display · FAS122
- Piper PA-23-250 Aztec (YS-02N)On Display · YS-02N
- SOCATA MS.893-235GT Rallye (FAS58)On Display · FAS58
Open full museum-listed inventory (14 entries)
| Aircraft | Status | Identity |
|---|---|---|
| Bell UH-1 Iroquois gunship family Bell UH-1H Iroquois (FAS260) | On Display | FAS260 |
| Bell UH-1 Iroquois gunship family Bell UH-1H Iroquois cockpit section (FAS209) | On Display | FAS209 |
| Bell UH-1 Iroquois gunship family Bell UH-1M Iroquois (FAS320) | On Display | FAS320 |
| Bellanca 14-9L Cruisair (YS-64P) | On Display | YS-64P |
| Boeing 727-225F (N469FE) | On Display | N469FE |
| Dassault MD 450 Ouragan Dassault MD.450 Ouragan (FAS713) | On Display | FAS713 |
| Dassault MD 450 Ouragan Dassault MD.450 Ouragan front fuselage (FAS705) | On Display | FAS705 |
| Douglas A-26 Invader Douglas A-26B Invader (FAS601) | On Display | FAS601 |
| Douglas C-47D cockpit and nose section (FAS115) | On Display | FAS115 |
| Douglas DC-6B (FAS301) | On Display | FAS301 |
| Fairchild UC-123K Provider (FAS122) | On Display | FAS122 |
| Fouga CM.170 Magister armed family Fouga CM.170 Magister (FAS500) | On Display | FAS500 |
| Piper PA-23-250 Aztec (YS-02N) | On Display | YS-02N |
| SOCATA MS.893-235GT Rallye (FAS58) | On Display | FAS58 |
Aircraft histories connected to this museum
These links connect museum holdings to aircraft histories already in the Trackpads Air Archive. They are not intended to imply that every museum aircraft has a dedicated archive profile yet.