Venezuelan Air Force
On December 10, 1963, Resolution No. A-184 of the General Command of the Venezuelan Air Force (FAV) was passed, which resulted in the creation of the Lieutenant Vicente Landaeta Gil Air Base. Its most distinguished officer was a member of the First Military Aviators Promotion. This talented and outstanding officer died in a plane crash on February 4, 1931, at the airfield in Barquisimeto. The aircraft was a Farman F.190. It was the first accident involving an aircraft in Venezuela.