Santa Clara has 52 airplanes bunkers.
Southwest of the airport 16 Bunkers

Now Santa Clara.
In 1993 this is what the DAAFAR had there and the fighter plnes were put into the Shelters and the Mi-24/35, Mi-8/17 were moved to that based.

Zona Aerea Central
1a Brigada de la Guardia “Batalla de Santa Clara”

Comando de Defensa Aerea-Air Defense Command
Unit # Aircraft Type Role Air Base
UM 1890 Regimiento de Intercepcion
UM Escuadrón de Intercepcion 12 MiG-21Bis, 2 MiG-21UM AD/Attack Santa Clara
UM Escuadrón de Intercepcion 12 MiG-21Bis, 2 MiG-21UM AD/Attack Santa Clara
Comando Aereo Tactico-Tactical Air Command
UM 2661 Escuadrón de Caza-Bombardeo 12 MiG-23BN, 2MiG-23UB Attack Santa Clara
UM Escuadrón de Caza-Bombardeo 12 MiG-23BN, 2MiG-23UB Attack Santa Clara
UM 3684 Regimiento de Helicópteros
UM Escuadrón de Helicópteros de Propósitos Generales 12 Mi-8TB Transport Cienfuegos
UM Escuadrón de Helicópteros de Propósitos Generales 12 Mi-8TB Transport Cienfuegos
UM Escuadrón de Helicópteros-Combate 12 Mi-24D Attack Cienfuegos
UM Escuadrón de Helicópteros-Combate 12 Mi-35 Attack Cienfuegos
Unit # Aircraft Type Role Air Base
UM 3685 Regimiento de Helicópteros
UM Escuadrón de Helicópteros de Propósitos Generales 12 Mi-17 Transport Camaguey
UM Escuadrón de Helicópteros de Propósitos Generales 12 Mi-17 Transport Camaguey

I’ll continue with much more later.
Luis

I’ll go back to San Antonio and show everything in detail, but no more planes can be seen there, But I have plenty of info on everything there.
I like to show you more planes, or lack of.
Now La Coloma, la Coloma was a training base with two squadrons of L-39C until around 1993.

UM 1660
UM Escuadrón de Enseñansa Básica 12 L-39C Primary Training La Coloma
UM Escuadrón de Enseñansa Básica 12 L-39C Primary Training La Coloma

Now is Closed, but I found three MiG-21 near a Hangar.

Do I have your attention, More from San Antonio de los Baños the main Cuban base.

This picture is more to the north of the last one.

Here is a Blue MiG-21PFMA with the number for the regiment UM 1779 as a Gate Guardian.

More, This are 3 Mi-24/35 I made a mistake on the label on the picture. I also label the 12 shelters for the first squadron based at At San Antonio.

Ok here we go. Let’s count the planes.
Cubans will say that they have about ten MiG-29, here is the truth.

The DAAFAR purchased 6 MiG-29A Fulcrum A (series 9-12B) and 2 MiG-29UB Fulcrum B (series 9-51), Cuba had plan to get up to 40 MiG-29, enough to equip a regiment. These MiG-29 arrived in October 1989 to San Antonio de los Baños where they serve with UM 1779 Regiment.
The first flight was done on a MiG-29UB serial FAR-900 on April 19th 1990 by a soviet test pilot.
Today only 2 MiG-29A probably serial FAR 910, 911 and 1 MiG-29UB serial FAR 900 remain active, the other 4 MiG-29A are being used as spare source or stored in shelters at San Antonio. The MiG-29UB serial 901 is at the DAAFAR museum. The MiG-29UB were given the serial numbers FAR-900 and FAR-901. The MiG-29A serials are FAR 910-915.

Operations: The first operational training was done in May 1990 called Cuban Shield. This squadron maintains an elite status by the FAR, were pilot may fly between 10-40 hours annually.
On February 24th 1996 a MiG-29UB serial FAR 900 was used together with a MiG-23ML to shoot down two Cessna 337of The Brothers to the Rescue. The MiG-23ML FAR 213 was used as a radio relay airplane and the MiG-29UB fired two AA-8 Aphid (R-60M) to shoot down both planes.
The MiG-29UB was chosen because it is the best slow flying fighter in the Cuban inventory, but before the undertaking, the DAAFAR chose carefully the best pilots, with combat experience in Angola and had them trained flying against a Polish-built PZL-104 Wilga, flown by a Cuban civilian pilot named Adolfo Perez Pantoja out of Jose Marti Airport. Cuba has added two red stars to the MiG-29UB serial FAR 900 as victories obtained during combat.

The MiG-29UB pilot was Lieutenant Colonel Lorenzo Alberto Perez Perez, veteran of 74 combat missions; his total flight experience was more than 1,000 hours, 500 of them in MiG-29 aircraft. He had been a MIG aircraft pilot for 19 years and had taken part in three international missions. His back seat was his twin brother Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Perez Perez, his total flight experience was more than 1,800 hours. He had been flying for 26 years and had taken part in international missions, including 30 combat missions. They graduated as MiG-21 pilots in the Soviet Union in 1975, spending most of their carrier at the San Antonio de los Baños Air Base and are members of the Communist party. They were 44 years of age.
Major Emilio Palacios flew the MiG-23ML, his total flight experience was more than 800 hours. He had been a MIG aircraft pilot for 15 years and had taken part in two international missions, which included some combat missions. Emilio was 35 years of age, graduating as a MiG-21 pilot in the Soviet Union in 1982. From then on he was based at Santa Clara Air Base, moving to San Antonio de los Baños in 1988, he is also a member of the Communist party.

In 1994 the commander of the squadron was Lt Colonel Libre Quintero.
Other MiG-29 pilots in 1994: Major Fidel Guzman, Jose Rodriguez Leal and Juan Carlos Chávez Godoy.

Serial Code Type CN Unit Status First Last Comment
900 MiG-29UB UM 1779 San Antonio active oct89 Dec 2004 Brothers OP
901 MiG-29UB N50903014717 Havana Museo d pre oct89 5/2005 Photo
910 MiG-29A UM 1779 San Antonio Active oct89 1996 Photo
911 MiG-29A UM 1779 San Antonio Active oct89 5/2005 Photo
912 MiG-29A UM 1779 San Antonio reserve oct89
913 MiG-29A UM 1779 San Antonio reserve oct89
914 MiG-29A UM 1779 San Antonio reserve oct89 Photo
915 MiG-29A UM 1779 San Antonio reserve oct89

Do we have it up to here. well Now I need the pictures to prove that.
Luis

His spies do, I’ll tell you how I know later, please remaind me.
Luis

[COLOR=Red][B]All of the secrets of the Cuban Air Force will be reveal Today, are you guys ready?
Well Today I will get Fidel Castro very mad at me, But is ok, He has it comming.
I leave some things to start with.[/B][/COLOR]


This is the MiG-29UB serial 900 that shootdown the Bothers to the Rescue propeller driven airplanes.
And I do have e Video of a cuban documental with the heroes.
Cuban MiG-29
One Picture of a Cuban MiG-29A serial 914, which is no longer in service.
You can see more on the Cuban Air Force at these site. I like to thank the owner of the site for this picture.
DAAAFAR

Today this forum will make history, for sure, get ready.

Delta Golf
Those pictures Great, can you tell me more about tham, Can you tell the serial number of the Mi-35, The Mi-14 is serial 40 the only serial number know from the Marina de Guerra Cubana.
Where did you find those pictures?
Luis.