Every war and operation Brazilian Naval Aviation has flown in
Brazilian naval aviators trained with the Allies in the First World War and some flew with the Royal Air Force, while the Navy’s own aircraft stayed at home; the only fighting by its own aircraft in this record is the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932, whose account rests on English Wikipedia citing a single modern history. Since then the record is a UN maritime mission off Lebanon and relief flying at home. Brazil was neutral in the 1982 war between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the islands Britain calls the Falkland Islands and Argentina the Islas Malvinas. Where a consolidated sortie or loss figure exists in the official record it is given here; where accounts disagree, the range is shown and the disagreement named. Blank cells are blank because no figure could be verified, not because the fighting was small.
From the First World War in 1917 to the Rio Grande do Sul floods in 2024.
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| The First World Warnaval aviators with the AlliesEscola de Aviação Naval (officers attached to Allied air services) | 1917–1918 | Germany | Allied aircraft | |||
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Brazilian naval aviators trained with Allied air services and some flew with the Royal Air Force; the Navy’s own aircraft stayed at home. The FGV history of naval aviation records officers sent to Britain, France and Italy for advanced instruction, and three groups attached to the RAF; the Força Aeronaval’s own history says naval aviators took part in First World War operations with the RAF. The Navy’s ships of the DNOG squadron served off West Africa under British command, according to Wikipedia, but no naval aircraft went with them. Outcome Brazil recognised a state of war with Germany on 26 October 1917; the naval aviators returned with training that shaped the service in the 1920s. The names of the officers who flew operationally, and what they flew, were not established from the sources checked.
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| The Constitutionalist Revolutionthe Paulista WarAviação Naval (federal government) | 1932 | São Paulo state forces | Savoia-Marchetti S.55A, Martin PM, Vought O2U-2A Corsair | |||
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Naval flying boats and scouts supported the federal blockade of São Paulo’s coast. Three Savoia-Marchetti S.55A flying boats (numbers 1, 4 and 8) and two Martin PMs (111 and 112) left Galeão on 12 July 1932 and were based temporarily at São Sebastião island near Vila Bela, today’s Ilhabela, to support the blockade. Vought O2U-2A Corsair scout biplanes worked from an enlarged airstrip at Vila Bela. The campaign, fought by separate army and naval air arms, became part of the case for a single air force in 1941. Outcome São Paulo surrendered on 2 October 1932. The account rests on English Wikipedia, which cites a single modern history of the air war.
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| UNIFIL Maritime Task Forcethe UN naval mission off LebanonForça Aeronaval (embarked air detachments) | 2011–2020 | Super Lynx (HA-1) | 0 | |||
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Helicopters of the Força Aeronaval flew from the Brazilian flagship of the UN Maritime Task Force. UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force is the only naval force of a UN peace mission. In November 2020 Poder Naval reported HA-1’s “Lince 04”, the organic helicopter of the frigate Independência, flagship of the task force, firing live in the Mediterranean. The frigate escaped damage in the Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020. Outcome Brazil provided a ship to UNIFIL from 2011 to 2020 according to Wikipedia; the Navy proposed ending the mission in September 2019. The number of air detachments and flying hours over the nine years was not published in the sources reached.
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| Rio Grande do Sul floodsOperation Taquari 2 reliefForça Aeronaval (HU-2, HU-51) and NAM Atlântico | 2024 | UH-15 Super Cougar, UH-12 Esquilo | 0 | |||
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Navy helicopters flew rescue and supply missions; the helicopter carrier Atlântico was sent south. UH-15s of HU-2 from São Pedro da Aldeia and UH-12s of HU-51 from Rio Grande flew in the May 2024 floods; on one fuel run a crew rescued a family of four from a roof (Poder Naval). On 6 May the Navy announced it was sending Atlântico, with 200 marines, 40 vehicles and eight small boats; on 27 May the USS George Washington transferred 15 tonnes of supplies to her by helicopter, according to Wikipedia. Outcome The Navy’s helicopters joined the largest armed forces relief operation in the state’s history. A humanitarian operation, listed because the service flew in it.
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Every figure, checked
- Marinha do Brasil: Comando da Força Aeronaval – Histórico e Missão23 August 1916 school; 1941 dissolution; Law 1,658 of 4 August 1952; Minas Gerais 1961; presidential notice 1,003 of 5 June 1961; 1965 restriction; Decree 2,538 of 8 April 1998; squadrons at Manaus, Ladário, Rio Grande and Belém; mission.
- FGV Projetos: Aviação Naval (2016)Ilha das Enxadas; Curtiss F arrival 25 June 1916, first flight 8 August 1916; brevets 24 October 1916; WWI training and Possolo’s death; 35 aircraft in 1918–19; 1920 and 1922 flights; Protógenes Guimarães.
- Poder Naval: EsqdHA-1 realiza tiro real em águas do Mar Mediterrâneo (24 November 2020)HA-1’s “Lince 04” aboard Independência, UNIFIL Maritime Task Force flagship, 7 November 2020.
- Poder Naval: Marinha do Brasil intensifica ações de resgate e suporte na Região Sul após temporais (5 May 2024)UH-15 of HU-2 and UH-12 of HU-51; 1,200 litres of fuel flown; family of four rescued.
Figures verified 2026-10-01. Back to the Brazilian Naval Aviation.