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Guatemala since 1954 |
 | | While the British felt the presence of RAF Harriers effectively neutralized the advantages of FAG A-37s without ever confronting them, the FAG was out of condition to mount offensive operations on larger scale. |
 | | The Pumas — eventually organized into the No.1563rd Flight RAF — are known to have supported several SAS operations along the Guatemalan border about which almost nothing is known: even less is known about the activities of the Guatemalan Army’s Kaibila units, for which is said to have undertaken several reconnaissance operations into Belize. |
 | | They were relatively unique for RAF, in being permanently equipped with rescue hoists and Nightsun lamps, and flown by a single pilot and crewman. |
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