Costa Rica receives four UH-1STs

The Costa Rican SVA’s four newly arrived UH-1STs in a hangar at San José/Juan Santamaría International Airport shortly after being unloaded from a USAF C-17A. Costa Rican SVA via Santiago Rivas COSTA RICA’S Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea (SVA, Air Surveillance Service), part of the Ministerio de Seguridad Pública, has taken delivery of four Bell UH-1ST helicopters donated by the US government. After being loaded onto USAF/436th Airlift Wing C-17A 07-7169 at Dothan, Alabama, they departed on March 8 for San