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The Brazilian Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) is the air branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces and one of the three national uniformed services. The FAB was formed when the Army and Navy air branches were merged into a single military force initially called "National Air Forces" in 1941.
The Brazilian Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea Brasileira, [ˌfoʁsaˈɛɾjɐ bɾaziˈlejɾɐ], also known as FAB, or [ˌɛfiaˈbe]) is the second-largest air force in the Americas (behind only the United States) and has around 70,000 active personnel. The FAB is subdivided into four operational commands.
List of Brazilian Air Force units; List of modern weapons of the Brazilian Air Force; 0–9. 1st Brazilian Fighter Squadron; A. Aerospace Operations Command;
air force infantry, firefighters and MP Ala 11: 1º/1º GT Gordo: C-130H/KC-130H: Galeão: 1º/2º GAv Condor: C-99: 2º/2º GAv Corsário: KC-767: Security and Defence Group - Galeão air force infantry, firefighters and MP Security and Defence Group - Rio de Janeiro air force infantry, firefighters and MP Rio de Janeiro Ala 12: 1º/1º GAvCa ...
Brazilian Army Aviation, created in 1919, operated fixed-wing aircraft (planes) as part of the Brazilian Army until its incorporation into the Brazilian Air Force in 1941, when it ceased to exist. The Brazilian Army returned to having an air component in 1986, with the same name and history, but using rotary-wing aircraft (helicopters) instead.
However, this model proved unsuitable to Brazilian conditions and, in 1972, the squadron reverted to the T-6, which was used until 1977. The EDA was disbanded in 1977, but reformed on 8 December 1983 using Neiva T-25 Universal piston-powered aircraft, soon to be replaced by the then-new Embraer EMB-312 Tucano turboprop trainer.
The VF-1 operates the only fighters in Brazil outside the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). It was the last squadron in the world to fly the Skyhawk from aircraft carriers and, together with the Argentine Air Force , is the last military operator of that plane.
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