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Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service [1] [2] [3] Notes A-4 Skyhawk United States: Attack aircraft: A-4KU/TA-4KU Skyhawk II 23 20 attack; 3 trainer. 12 (9 A-4 + 3 TA-4) being upgraded by Embraer. [4] Others to surplus. AS332 Super Puma France: Transport helicopter: AS-332 4 6 aircraft received, 2 lost in accidents AS532 Cougar France ...
The Brazilian Naval Aviation (Portuguese: Aviação Naval Brasileira) is the air component of the Brazilian Navy, currently called Força Aeronaval.Most of its air structure is subordinated to the Naval Air Force Command (Comando da Força Aeronaval, ComForAerNav), the military organization responsible for providing operational air support from Navy vessels, while four squadrons are ...
List of active Brazilian military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Brazilian Armed Forces. Brazilian Air Force
List of Brazilian military aircraft is a list of historic military aircraft that have served with the Brazilian Armed Forces since the creation of its first aviation units in the early 1900s. 1910s and 20s
The aircraft carrier São Paulo was built in France between 1957 and 1960, and served in the French Navy as Foch.In September 2000, she was purchased by Brazil for US$12 million [6] – no aircraft were included in the price – to replace the aged World War II-era carrier Minas Gerais, which had been in commission for over 40 years.
The Brazilian Navy formed a fleet of ships led by the cruiser Rio Grande Do Sul, including destroyers Mato Grosso, Pará and Sergipe. During the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932, the cruiser Rio Grande do Sul became the first Brazilian Navy ship to shoot down an aircraft, in this case a Constitutionalist Curtiss Falcon on September 24, 1932 ...
On 5 August 2011, Brazil started Operation Ágata, part of a major "Frontiers Strategic Plan" launched in June, with almost 30 continuous days of rigorous military activity in the region of Brazil's border with Colombia; it mobilized 35 aircraft and more than 3,000 military personnel of the Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy, and Brazilian Air ...
NAM Atlântico (A140) (previously PHM Atlântico (A140)) is an amphibious helicopter carrier and current flagship of the Brazilian Navy. [7] Originally constructed in the United Kingdom for service with the Royal Navy as a landing platform helicopter, she was commissioned on 30 September 1998 as HMS Ocean, serving until being decommissioned on 27 March 2018, and then commissioned into service ...