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Brazilian Air Force“Força Aérea Brasileira”

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The air force of Brazil, the largest in South America.

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Founded1941
CountryBrazil

History

TThe Brazilian Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) is the aerial branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces, and one of the three national uniformed services. The FAB was formed when the Brazilian Army and Navy air branches were merged into a single military force, which was initially called the “National Air Forces” when it was created in 1941. Both air branches transferred all their aeronautical equipment, relevant installations, and relevant personnel to the newly created force.

According to Flight International (Flightglobal.com) and the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Brazilian Air Force has an active strength of 80,937 military personnel and operates around 578 aircraft.[2][3] The Brazilian Air Force is the largest air force in the Southern Hemisphere.he air force of Brazil, the largest in South America.

Aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force

Aircraft in service today and the aircraft it flew before

× 13JAS 39 GripenSaabmultirole — F-39EF-39FView aircraft →Northrop F-5× 38Northrop F-5Northropfighter — F-5EM, F-5FMView aircraft →× 10AMX InternationalAMX Internationalattack — A-1A-1MA-1BMView aircraft →× 81Embraer EMB 314EmbraerCOIN — A-29AA-29BView aircraft →
× 5Embraer E-99AEW&C — E-99M
× 3Embraer R-99SIGINT — R-99
× 4Embraer EMB 110surveillance — RC-95
× 6Learjet 35surveillance — RC-35
× 43Embraer 110maritime patrol — P-95AP-95BM, C-95
× 3Lockheed P-3Lockheedmaritime patrol — P-3AMView aircraft →× 2Airbus A330-200AirbusVIP transporttransport — KC-30View aircraft →
× 7Embraer C-390transportaerial refueling — KC-390
× 13CASA C-295transportSAR — C-105
× 2Embraer 100utilityVIP transport — U-100
× 17Embraer 120utilityVIP transport — C-97
× 3Embraer 190VIP transport — VC-2
× 30Cessna 208Cessnautility — C-98View aircraft →
× 6Embraer ERJ-145VIP transport — VC-99
× 43Eurocopter EC725transportVIP — H-36VH-36, HM-4, UH-15UH-15AAH-15
× 2Eurocopter EC 135VIP — VH-35
× 20Sikorsky UH-60utility — H-60, HM-2
× 31Embraer EMB 312Embraeradvanced trainer — T-27T-27MView aircraft →
× 168Neiva Universaltrainer — T-25M
× 19Eurocopter AS 350rotorcraft trainer — H-50
× 4Hermes 450reconnaissance
× 1Hermes 900reconnaissance
× 2IAI HeronHawkerreconnaissanceView aircraft →
× 33Eurocopter AS550liaison — HA-1A
× 32Eurocopter AS565utility — HM-1A
× 7Eurocopter AS532transportutility — HM-3
× 6A-4 SkyhawkDouglascarrier based fighter — A-4KU, TA-4KUView aircraft →× 6Sikorsky SH-60SikorskyASuWASWSAR — SH-16View aircraft →× 5Westland LynxWestlandASuWASW — Mk. 21Mk. 21AView aircraft →
× 17Eurocopter AS350utility — UH-12UH-12A
× 2Airbus H135utility — UH-35
× 5Bell 206rotorcraft trainer — IH-6

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