Home Base Museum

The AURI, as the Indonesian AF was known before 1974, appears to have received its first couple of Albatross amphibians as long ago as 1954, followed by about 10 new UF-1s (pre-1962 designation for what became the HU-16) in 1957/58. A few ex-German Navy HU-16s were added in 1977. All but the first aircraft were originally serialled in the PB-5.. series like the PBY-5s that preceded them. This one displayed at the Museum since about 1993 was previously PB-517. IR-0220 is also preserved, at Bandung. The operating unit responsible for SAR duties was SkU.5 at Abdul Rachman Saleh AB, Malang

On display at Museum Pusat TNI-AU Dirgantara Mandala. The type was operated from 1957 by Skadron Udara 5 at Abdul Rahman Saleh Air Base, Malang, which also flew the PBY Catalina in the maritime reconnaissance role.

One of three B737-200 surveillers operated by Skadron Udara 5 based at Makassar - Sultan Hasanuddin Airport since 1982/83. AI stands for "Angkut Intai" and relates to the aircraft's main mission, which is "maritime patrol". A Motorola AN/APS-135(V) side looking airborne modular multi-mission radar (SLAMMR) is mounted in a 16ft / 5 meter housing on either side of the upper rear fuselage. The system can spot ships up to a radius of 100 nautical miles, some 185 kilometers.

This Catalina is displayed outdoors under a roof at Museum Pusat TNI-AU Dirgantara Mandala and carries the emblem of Skadron Udara 5, which had six of these aircraft based at Husein Sastranegara. This particular aircraft is not the real PB-501 but ex N1563M, which was shipped from California to the museum by Bruce Fenstermaker in exchange for salvage rights to collect WW2 Japanese aircraft on Babo Island.