(former members of the Brigade 2506, which had participated in the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961), Guatemalans, Salvadorans and Chileans, as well as Israeli and German mercenaries. Signals School The Escuela de Transmissiones (Signals School) was established on 15 January 1933. Nicaraguan Air Force Academy – EMA A Escuela del Aire (Air School) was first formed in 1932 to train Nicaraguan pilots for the recently created National Guard Air Wing, though it was only in August 1940 that was formally established at Managua airfield as the Escuela Militar de Aviación (EMA, Military Aviation School). National Guard Police Academy – ENP The Escuela Nacional de Policia (ENP, National Police School) was the Police Academy of the National Guard. Lake Managua Weapons Range The Polígono de Tiro (Weapons Range) was located close to Lake Managua, being used for artillery and air superiority training of GN ground units and Air Force pilots. In popular culture The Nicaraguan National Guard was featured in three major film productions, all set during the 1979 Nicaraguan Revolution, the first being the 1980 German movie The Uprising shot on location at Nicaragua. This was followed in 1983 by the Hollywood movies Last Plane Out and Under Fire; the latter was actually shot at Mexico with Mexican Army soldiers portraying both Guardia' troops and FSLN guerrillas. See also Banana Wars Contras Nicaraguan Revolution Somoza Family Sandinista Popular Army Salvadoran Civil War Weapons of the Salvadoran Civil War Footnotes References External links National Guard YouTube video 1 National Guard YouTube video 2 National Guard YouTube video 3 National Guard YouTube video 4 Country Studies: Nicaragua ThinkQuest: Somoza Dynasty Spartacus Educational History of the Somoza Dynasty (PDF) Nicaraguan National Guard – original source LOC Banana Wars Nicaragua Law enforcement in Nicaragua Military history of Nicaragua Paramilitary organizations based in Nicaragua Organizations of the Nicaraguan Revolution