Argentina received its DC-3 in early 1943 when the goverment acquired it to the company Air France; it was the F-ARQJ, registered 169 in May to join the Transport Group. In August two other aircrafts are acquired, coded T-151 T-172, modified after T-174 and T-175. The following year, another change took a digit to the plates that became T-16 (ex 169), T-17 (ex T-174), T-18 (ex T-175), and added the T- 20, T-21, T-26 and C-47 T-49 (which would become a DC-3 and assigned to CJFAA), all recently acquired. In 1947, the Transportation Group in Group II had a budget of 16 twin DC-3/C-47. Four DC-3 (T-50, T-51, T-52 and T-53) were transformed into C-47, leaving the endowment, in 1951, with 17 aircraft, 9 DC-3, 5 C-47 and 2 DC-3 to the Ministry and the CJFAA respectively. In 1955 he purchased four C-47 in the U.S. and in 1958 was converted to C-47 T-67 and Reissues as T-31. On October 16, 1958 was the first fatal accident with a DC-3, T-19 that crashed at 2000 meters from the track after a night off Trelew.
In 1959 fees were allocated to T-01 T-30 for the Douglas DC-3 and T-31 T-40 to the C-47. That same year he purchased in the U.S. two C-47 (TC-33 and TC-34). It began using the initials TC for cargo, the difference is the reinforcement of the floor and the double doors on the left. Receives two C-47 for the four groups of CB, but only received IV Ae Br C-47 TC-35. On 20 September 1960, the Ministry of Defense assigned to the Department of Aeronautics DC-3/C-47 Douglas 12 aircraft (ten C-47 and two DC-3, of different models, each with capacity for 28 passengers) that had been acquired Royal Airways do Brasil by the Secretary of War. These aircraft were known as the banana. On December 10, 1962 caught fire during takeoff Research Station Ellsworth on C-47 TA-33 (formerly TC-33), disabling almost entirely, without loss of life. The aircraft had been modified in the workshops I Br Ae, placing DC-4 engines, fuel tanks in the cargo compartment, skis and other accessories. It was the first aircraft of the FAA, who flew from Rio Gallegos and anevizó in Antarctica.
During 1964, Ae Br I had an endowment of 11 DC-3 and 5 C-47. The Ae Br IV, the EAM, ILM and CRT were assigned a C-47 and the DGCA a DC-3, T-20, LQ-CAA Reissues then, being the total of 21 aircraft the FAA DC-3 / C -47. Also in 1964 another Modified Antarctic DC-3/C-47 tasks, the T-31 with the nose and tail of the T-21 accident, which became the TA-05 which was installed a turbine-IIIC Marboré 3 in the tail cone, thus becoming a unique example in the world with those characteristics. Dubbed El Montanes transpolar the first flight of the FAA in December 1965.
In 1966, lifting intertroncales routes in Patagonia, south of Comodoro Rivadavia and the Tierra del Fuego, Aerolineas Argentinas transferred to the FAA DC-3/C-47 twelve airworthy Douglas, who joined the provision of Group 1 Transport R Br Ae. LADE took over these services with crews in Group 1. Actually they were all C-47A (8 processed DC-3), originally acquired by ZONDA Aeroposta and then passed to the ownership of airlines. Some of these were mixed configuration, with eight or twelve passenger seats immediately behind the cockpit, a screen with a door and the cargo compartment. That same year, joined the provision of Group 1, two HC-47A aircraft registered TA-06 and TA-07, characterized by different due to the nose radome, greater autonomy by having two fuel tanks at the and be equipped with a GTC (Gas Turbo Compressor) for start-ups.
In 1967 the allocation of R Br Ae DC-3/C-47/HC-47A was 30 aircraft, with the following fees: DC-3: T-02, T-03, T-04, T-08, T-09, T-10, T-11, T-12, T-14, T-16, T-22, T-23, T-24, T-25, T-26, T-39 and T- 40 (assigned to CJFAA), the LQ-ACF (S-3) and S-4 of the Ministry of Public Health of the Nation, the C-47: TC-15, TC-17, TC-19, TC- 20, TC-21, TC-32, TC-34 and E-304, TA-05 and HC-47A TA-06 and TA-07, the latter would be allocated in late 1967 to the newly created Special Task Squadron the BAM Tandil. C-47 continued with the IV Br Ae, EAM, ILM and CRT, with a DC-3, the DGCA, with the total FAA DC-3/C-47 35 aircraft, including those that had belonged to the Ministry of Public Health of the Nation and transferred to the FAA this year.
In 1969 deprogram those assigned to the I Br Ae, from maturity to inspection of 1500 hours and above. The unit, original seat of these aircraft since 1943, had no assignment of this material and DC-3/C-47 28 aircraft available at that time, 16 were assigned to other units of the FAA, and the remainder donated sold or retired. On May 5, 1969 the second fatal accident occurred with one of these aircraft, the C-47 TC-28, assigned to the TRC, which tried to land with the rudder locked, caught fire and completely destroyed the five crew members perished 6 passengers.