As a direct result of the 1910 Ecuador-Peru crisis the members of Club de Tiro Guayaquil decided to expand their sporting activities into aviation as well.

[citation needed] Cosme Rennella Barbatto, an Italian living in Guayaquil, was one of the first members of Club de Tiro y Aviación.

Three Ryan PT-22 Recruits, six Curtiss-Wright CW-22 Falcons, six Fairchild PT-19A Cornells and three North American AT-6A Harvards arrived in March 1942, considerably boosting the capacity of the Escuela de Aviación at Salinas.

The Ala 11 has its own commercial branch, like in many other South American countries, the Transporte Aérea Militar Ecuatoriana (TAME).

This is the current structure of the Ecuadorian Air Force:[6] Previous notable aircraft flown included the Gloster Meteor, English Electric Canberra, SEPECAT Jaguar, BAC Strikemaster, Republic P-47, PBY Catalina, Hawker Siddeley HS 748, Lockheed T-33, T-28 Trojan, H-13 Sioux, and the HAL Dhruv helicopter(Order terminated)[12][13][14][15] | IAI Kfir | Atlas Cheetah C[16]