[4][5][1] In addition to its primary search and rescue mission, the squadron executed transport and medical evacuations between the islands of the archipelago.

This missions resulted in 13,300 flights, 34,000 transported passengers, 700 tons of cargo and 2,759 lives saved in search and rescue operations, 20,095 medical evacuations during 24,038 flying hours.

Since 1994, the squadron also supported the medical evacuation of pregnant women from islands without proper medical facilities to the archipelago's hospitals, which marked during its operational history 6 births aboard the Aviocar and 12 births aboard the Puma.

[7] This temporary deactivation was due to the entry in service of the AgustaWestland EH-101 and EADS CASA C-295[8] that were to replace the SA 330 Puma and C-212 Aviocar, respectively.

Its objective was for two years to gain experience and test through the squadrons' detachments new concepts in maintenance for the aircraft to enter service.