Repository for general information regarding Peruvian military aviation.
Formed in 1929 through the merger of aviation divisions of the Peruvian Army and Navy as the Cuerpo de Aviación del Perú, and re-named the Cuerpo Aeronáutico del Perú in 1936. By decree of President Manuel Arturo Odría Amoretti dated 18 July 1945 the Peruvian air arm was again renamed as the Fuerza Aérea del Perú; by this same decree those air assets allocated to naval and maritime operations were returned to the control of the Peruvian Navy as the Fuerza de Aviación Naval.