{"id":5374,"date":"2026-10-13T20:53:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T20:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/airforces\/brazilian-air-force\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T05:50:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T05:50:54","slug":"brazilian-air-force","status":"publish","type":"airforce","link":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/airforces\/brazilian-air-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Air Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TThe <strong>Brazilian Air Force<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_language\">Portuguese<\/a>: <em>For\u00e7a A\u00e9rea Brasileira<\/em>, <strong>FAB<\/strong>) is the aerial branch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_Armed_Forces\">Brazilian Armed Forces<\/a>, and one of the three national uniformed services. The FAB was formed when the Brazilian <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_Army_Aviation_(1919%E2%80%931941)\">Army<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_Naval_Aviation\">Navy air branches<\/a> were merged into a single military force, which was initially called the &#8220;National Air Forces&#8221; when it was created in 1941. Both air branches transferred all their aeronautical equipment, relevant installations, and relevant personnel to the newly created force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flight_International\">Flight International<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flightglobal.com\">Flightglobal.com<\/a>) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Institute_for_Strategic_Studies\">International Institute for Strategic Studies<\/a>, the Brazilian Air Force has an active strength of 80,937 military personnel and operates around 578 aircraft.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_Air_Force#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2019-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_Air_Force#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2025-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup> The Brazilian Air Force is the largest air force in the <a 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