Brazilian Air Force
The Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) was created on 20 January 1941 by merging Brazil’s army and naval aviation, sank a U-boat off Rio and flew P-47s over Italy within four years, grew up alongside Embraer, and in 2026 is the largest air force in South America, flying the Gripen, the KC-390 and the Super Tucano while it waits for money to replace the last of its F-5s.
The Brazilian Air Force story: a U-boat off Rio, P-47s over Italy, Meteors paid for in cotton and Gripens built at home
1912–1941: army flyers, naval aviators and a new ministry
Brazilian military flying began in a civil war. Lieutenant Ricardo Kirk, the first Brazilian Army officer to earn a pilot’s brevet (at Étampes in France on 22 October 1912), flew reconnaissance for the army in the Contestado War from União da Vitória with three monoplanes and an Italian civilian pilot; he was killed in a crash near General Carneiro, Paraná, on 1 March 1915. The army and navy then built separate air arms. In the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 the federal government’s army and naval aviation, about 58 aircraft by one modern count, faced nine or ten São Paulo machines. On 20 January 1941 President Getúlio Vargas’s government created a Ministry of Aeronautics that took over both air arms and civil aviation; the new service, first called the National Air Forces, took the name Força Aérea Brasileira on 22 May 1941. It inherited, by the Portuguese Wikipedia’s count, 430 aircraft of 35 types, all obsolete.
1942–1945: a U-boat off Rio and P-47s over the Po valley
Brazil declared war on Germany and Italy on 22 August 1942 after U-boats sank Brazilian ships, and the young air force’s first war was over its own coast. On 31 July 1943 a Brazilian Catalina named Arará, flown by Second Lieutenant Alberto M. Torres, joined a Brazilian Hudson and a US Navy Mariner of VP-74 in attacking U-199 off Rio de Janeiro; the Catalina’s depth charges sank her, with 49 dead and 12 survivors (uboat.net). The 1st Fighter Group (1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça), formed on 18 December 1943 under Major Nero Moura and trained in Florida, Panama and New York, landed at Livorno on 6 October 1944 and flew P-47D Thunderbolts in the US 350th Fighter Group. By 6 May 1945 it had flown 445 missions and 2,550 sorties, mostly against bridges, rail and vehicles in the Po valley. Its war cry “Senta a Púa!” and its ostrich badge are still worn at Santa Cruz.
1945–1975: Meteors for cotton, revolts and the Lobster War
Post-war Brazil paid for its first jets in kind: in October 1952 it ordered 60 Gloster Meteor F.8s and 10 T.7s from Britain and paid with 15,000 tons of raw cotton. American F-80Cs and T-33s followed, and the Smoke Squadron, founded with T-6s, flew its first display over Copacabana on 14 May 1952. The service was also political. In February 1956 Major Haroldo Veloso and Captain José Chaves Lameirão led a revolt of air force officers against President Juscelino Kubitschek from Jacareacanga in Pará, which collapsed after 19 days. In 1961–1963, during the “Lobster War” fishing dispute with France, FAB B-17s, P-2 Neptunes and S-2 Trackers shadowed French warships off the north-east; a Neptune found the destroyer Tartu on 26 February 1963, no shot was fired, and France withdrew by 10 March. Under the military governments of 1964–1985 the air force took part in the 1972–1974 campaigns against the Araguaia guerrilla, which a later Inter-American Court ruling and the National Truth Commission examined.
1969–2013: Embraer, the Tucano and the Mirage years
The decision that shaped the modern FAB was industrial. A 1965 Ministry of Aeronautics requirement produced the Bandeirante twin turboprop, first flown on 26 October 1968, and Embraer was founded in August 1969 to build it; the air force ordered 80 as the C-95 in May 1970. Embraer then licence-built 166 Aermacchi MB-326s as the AT-26 Xavante from 1970, designed the EMB 312 Tucano to an air force requirement of 1978 (168 delivered to the FAB from 29 September 1983) and took 29.7 per cent of the Italian-Brazilian AMX attack jet. Supersonic air defence arrived in 1972 with 16 Mirage IIIEBRs and four IIIDBRs; F-5E Tiger IIs followed from 1975. When the Mirage IIIs were retired in 2005 the gap was filled with 12 second-hand Mirage 2000s from France, delivered from September 2006 and retired in December 2013.
2001–2022: Super Tucanos over the Amazon and the long Gripen choice
From 2001 the air force built a force for the Amazon. The ALX programme bought 99 Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos, delivered from December 2003 to June 2012, to work with the SIVAM radar network and the E-99 airborne radars against unregistered flights. Article 303 of the Aeronautical Code, regulated by Decree 5,144 of 16 July 2004, allows the air force, after interrogation, an order to land and warning shots, to destroy an aircraft judged hostile, on the authority of the Commander of the Air Force. Super Tucanos fired warning shots at a drug-trafficking Cessna in June 2009 and bombed clandestine airstrips in the Ágata operations from 2011. The fighter question took longer: the F-X competition was cancelled and restarted, and only on 18 December 2013 did President Dilma Rousseff announce the Gripen NG, with a contract for 28 single-seat and 8 two-seat aircraft signed on 24 October 2014 and a technology-transfer deal that put a final assembly line at Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto plant.
2023–2026: Gripen, Millennium and an ageing rest of the fleet
By 2026 the FAB is two air forces. One is new: Gripens (designated F-39), the first Brazilian one flown in Sweden on 26 August 2019 and 12 delivered by the 2027 budget bill’s count, which took over Brasília’s air defence alert at Anápolis on 24 February 2026; the first Brazil-built F-39E was presented on 25 March 2026 and the two-seat F-39F, developed with Brazilian engineers, flew on 28 August 2026. The KC-390 Millennium, delivered from 4 September 2019 and now sold to European and Asian air forces, carried much of the 2024 Rio Grande do Sul flood airlift. The other is old: F-5Ms first bought in 1975, a handful of A-1M attack jets kept flying on short Italian support contracts, and transports and trainers from the 1970s and 1980s. Budgets explain the gap: the Gripen deliveries were stretched rather than cut in 2024, the KC-390 order fell from 28 to 19, and in July 2026 the air force told Congress that 36 Gripens were not enough and that it needed 66.
The Brazilian Air Force in numbers
שֵׁרוּת
- שם מקומי
- Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB)The Portuguese name, adopted on 22 May 1941; the service was briefly called the National Air Forces (Forças Aéreas Nacionais) when it was created. It is commanded through the Comando da Aeronáutica (COMAER)
- מְבוּסָס
- 20 January 1941Creation of the Ministry of Aeronautics, which merged army and naval aviation; the name Força Aérea Brasileira followed by decree-law 3,302 of 22 May 1941. Army flying dates from 1912–1915 (Kirk, Contestado War)
- חלק מ
- Brazilian Armed Forces, under the Ministry of DefenceThe Ministry of Aeronautics became the Comando da Aeronáutica within the Ministry of Defence in 1999. Minister of Defence: José Múcio Monteiro (in office at the March 2026 Gripen ceremony)
- מַטֶה
- BrasíliaComando da Aeronáutica
- מְפַקֵד
- Ten.-Brig. Marcelo Kanitz DamascenoCommander of the Air Force since 2 January 2023
- Fighter Aviation Day
- 22 AprilMarks 22 April 1945, the 1st Fighter Group’s busiest day in Italy (11 missions, 44 sorties)
כּוֹחַ
- כוח אדם
- About 77,000–81,00080,937 (2018, English Wikipedia) or 77,454 (Portuguese Wikipedia citing Flight International and IISS); an official current figure was not reached because fab.mil.br refused access
- Aircraft in all
- About 578–627578 (English Wikipedia, 2025) or about 627 (Portuguese Wikipedia); the counts are of different dates and definitions
- לוחמים
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- F-39E/F Gripen — 12 delivered (36 ordered)
- F-5EM/FM Tiger II — about 29–38
Gripen count from the 2027 budget bill (Wikipedia lists 13; ten were at Anápolis in February 2026). F-5: 29 assigned to units in the 2023 retirement plan, 34 F-5EM plus 4 F-5FM in Wikipedia’s list
- Attack and light attack
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- A-29A/B Super Tucano — 81 (99 delivered)
- A-1M (AMX) — a handful, retiring
A Leonardo support contract kept five A-1Ms available to the end of 2025; A-1Ms were still deploying in September 2025
- הובלה ומכלית
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- KC-390 Millennium — 8 delivered (19 ordered)
- KC-30 (A330-200) — 2
- C-105 Amazonas (C-295) — 13
- C-95 Bandeirante — 35
- C-97 Brasília — 17
- C-98 Caravan — 30
KC-390 count at 2 October 2025; non-KC-390 counts from Wikipedia’s list, undated
- מסוקים
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- H-36 Caracal (EC725) — 14
- H-60L Black Hawk — 16
- H-50 Esquilo (AS350) — 19
- VH-35 (EC135) — 2
Wikipedia’s list; the AH-2 Sabre (Mi-35M) attack helicopters were planned for retirement in 2022
- נעלי ספורט
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- T-27 Tucano — 31
- T-25 Universal — number not confirmed
Wikipedia’s figure of 168 T-25s could not be corroborated and is not used
- Surveillance and patrol
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- E-99M airborne early warning — 5
- R-99 remote sensing — 3
- P-3AM Orion — 3
- P-95 Bandeirulha — 8
- Hermes 450/900 and Heron drones
Wikipedia’s list, undated
- Budget for projects (2027 bill)
- R$ 4.259 billionIn the 2027 budget bill sent to Congress: R$ 2.891 billion of it for the Gripen and R$ 571.8 million for the KC-390; subject to congressional approval and freezes (R$ 800 million of Gripen money was frozen in June 2026)
תַשׁתִית
- Fighter and attack bases
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- Anápolis — 1st Air Defence Group, F-39 Gripen
- Santa Cruz (Rio de Janeiro) — 1st Fighter Group, F-5M
- Canoas — 1st/14th Aviation Group, F-5M
- Santa Maria — 10th Aviation Group, A-1M
F-5 units as listed in the May 2022 retirement plan; A-1Ms concentrated at Santa Maria after 1st/16th GAV disbanded in 2016
- Air defence alert
- F-39 Gripen at Anápolis since 24 February 2026Covers the Planalto Central and Brasília
- Tanker and strategic transport
- Galeão (Rio de Janeiro)KC-30s with 2nd/2nd Transport Group (Corsário); the eighth KC-390 was ferried to Galeão on delivery
- Gripen and KC-390 production
- Embraer, Gavião Peixoto (São Paulo state)Gripen line opened 9 May 2023; first Brazil-built F-39E presented 25 March 2026
- האקדמיה של חיל האוויר
- Pirassununga (São Paulo state)Officer training and home of the Smoke Squadron (Esquadrão de Demonstração Aérea)
- צוות התצוגה
- Smoke Squadron (Esquadrilha da Fumaça)First display 14 May 1952; A-29 Super Tucano since 2012
How the Brazilian Air Force is organised
One command, the Comando da Aeronáutica in Brasília, under the Ministry of Defence, with its bases run as numbered wings and its squadrons grouped into numbered aviation groups. The F-39 Gripen of the 1st Air Defence Group at Anápolis is the front-line fighter, 12 of 36 delivered, with ageing F-5Ms at Santa Cruz and Canoas and A-29 Super Tucanos on the Amazon and western borders. The KC-390 Millennium, 8 delivered of 19 on order, is replacing the transport fleet, while the last A-1M attack jets fly on short support contracts.
Comando da Aeronáutica (COMAER)
The air force’s command within the Ministry of Defence since 1999, when the Ministry of Aeronautics created in 1941 was folded into it. Ten.-Brig. Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno has been Commander of the Air Force since 2 January 2023; the bases are run as numbered wings (alas), Ala 1 at Brasília to Ala 12 at Santa Cruz.
1st Air Defence Group (Jaguar)
Brazil’s only Gripen unit: 12 of the 36 F-39E/Fs on contract had been delivered by the 2027 budget bill’s count, and ten were at Anápolis in February 2026. It took over the air defence alert for Brasília and the Planalto Central on 24 February 2026, after flying the Mirage III, the Mirage 2000 and the F-5EM.
1st Fighter Group and 1st/14th Aviation Group
The F-5EM/FM squadrons: the 1st Fighter Group, the ‘Senta a Púa!’ unit that flew P-47s in Italy, with its Jambock and Pif-Paf squadrons, and the Pampa squadron. The May 2022 retirement plan put 14 F-5Ms with each and sets a minimum fleet of 14 in 2029, tied to Gripen deliveries.
10th Aviation Group and the A-29 squadrons of the 3rd Aviation Group
The Poker and Centauro squadrons fly the last A-1M (AMX) attack jets, five kept available by a Leonardo contract to the end of 2025; their formal retirement was not confirmed. The Escorpião, Grifo and Flecha squadrons fly A-29 Super Tucanos against unregistered flights on the northern and western borders, 81 of 99 delivered in Wikipedia’s list.
1st Troop Transport Group and the 1st and 2nd Transport Groups
The KC-390 Millennium, 8 delivered of 19 on order by October 2025, went first to the Zeus squadron at Anápolis in 2019 and later also to Galeão, where the Corsário squadron flies two ex-Azul KC-30s. Numbered air transport squadrons (ETA) fly Bandeirantes, Brasílias and Caravans, and the Special Transport Group flies the President.
6th and 7th Aviation Groups
The Guardião squadron flies E-99M airborne early warning and R-99 remote-sensing jets for the Amazon surveillance system and air defence. Maritime patrol is flown by the Orungan squadron with P-3AM Orions and the Phoenix and Netuno squadrons with P-95 Bandeirulhas.
8th Aviation Group
H-36 Caracals, built in Brazil by Helibras, with the Falcão and Puma squadrons, and H-60L Black Hawks with the Pantera and Harpia squadrons. The Poti squadron’s AH-2 Sabre attack helicopters were planned for retirement in 2022, and the squadron was to switch to the H-60.
Air Force Academy and the Natal training squadrons
Every air force pilot learns to fly at the academy on the T-25 Universal and the T-27 Tucano, beside the Smoke Squadron display team and its A-29s. Graduates then specialise at Natal: the Joker squadron on the A-29 for fighters, Rumba on the C-95 and Gavião on the H-50 helicopter.
What the Brazilian Air Force flies today
כל סוג בטעינה, מקושר לדף ספר החיות שלו במידה וקיים כזה. ספירות הן מטוסים בספרים, לא מטוסים זמינים ביום נתון.
| סוּג | תַפְקִיד | בשירות | מֵאָז | יחידות | הערות | |
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| Saab F-39E/F Gripen (JAS 39E/F)בשירות | לוחם רב-משימתי | 12 | 2021 | 12 delivered by the 2027 budget bill (September 2026); Wikipedia’s list gives 13; ten were at Anápolis in February 2026. 36 contracted (28 E, 8 F). | ||
| Northrop F-5EM/FM Tiger II (modernised by Embraer)בשירות | לוֹחֶם | 38 | 1975 | 34 F-5EM and 4 F-5FM in Wikipedia’s list; the 2023 analysis of the retirement plan counts 29 assigned to units (14 at Santa Cruz, 14 at Canoas, 1 at Anápolis).
יוֹתֵרIn 2013, 36 of 46 were with squadrons. |
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| AMX International A-1A/B and A-1M (AMX)בשירות | התקפה וסיור | 5 | Sources differ: a Leonardo contract to 9 April 2026 kept five A-1Ms available (Poder Aéreo, 2024: fewer than ten left); Wikipedia’s list gives 10 and the AMX article 24 in 2024.
יוֹתֵרMore than 50 were received. |
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| Embraer A-29A/B Super Tucano (EMB 314)בשירות | Light attack and advanced training | 81 | 2003 | 81 in Wikipedia’s list; 99 delivered (33 A-29A, 66 A-29B); at least four lost. | ||
| אמבראר KC-390 מילניוםבשירות | הובלה ומכלית | 8 | 2019 | Eighth (FAB 2860) delivered 2 October 2025; 19 on order after cuts from 28 (2010) to 22 (2022) and 19. One more expected in 2027. | ||
| Airbus KC-30 (A330-200)בשירות | Strategic transport (tanker conversion planned) | 2 | 2022 | FAB 2901 and 2902, ex-Azul. | ||
| Airbus C-295 (C-105 Amazonas)בשירות | Tactical transport and search and rescue | 13 | Wikipedia’s list. | |||
| Embraer C-95 Bandeirante (EMB 110)בשירות | תחבורה קלה | 35 | 1973 | Wikipedia’s list; 80 ordered in May 1970. | ||
| Embraer C-97 Brasília (EMB 120)בשירות | תחבורה קלה | 17 | Wikipedia’s list. | |||
| Cessna C-98 Caravan (208)בשירות | תחבורה ציבורית | 30 | Wikipedia’s list. | |||
| Embraer VC-2 (E190), VC-99 (ERJ 145) and U-100 (Phenom 100)בשירות | VIP and liaison transport | 11 | 3 VC-2, 6 VC-99 and 2 U-100 in Wikipedia’s list; 2 more U-100 on order. | |||
| Learjet RC-35בשירות | Reconnaissance and survey | 6 | Wikipedia’s list. | |||
| Embraer E-99M (EMB 145 AEW&C)בשירות | התרעה מוקדמת מוטסת | 5 | Wikipedia’s list. | |||
| Embraer R-99 (EMB 145 RS/MP)בשירות | Remote sensing | 3 | Wikipedia’s list. | |||
| Lockheed P-3AM Orionבשירות | סיור ימי | 3 | Three in Wikipedia’s list; the number originally bought was not confirmed. | |||
| Embraer P-95 Bandeirulha (EMB 111)בשירות | סיור ימי | 8 | Wikipedia’s list. | |||
| Airbus Helicopters H-36 Caracal (EC725, Helibras)בשירות | מסוק חיפוש והצלה לתחבורה ולקרב | 14 | 14 in service and 2 on order in Wikipedia’s list. | |||
| Sikorsky H-60L Black Hawkבשירות | Utility and rescue helicopter | 16 | 16 in service and 3 on order in Wikipedia’s list. | |||
| Airbus Helicopters H-50 Esquilo (AS350) and VH-35 (EC135)בשירות | Training and VIP helicopters | 21 | 19 H-50 (11 more on order) and 2 VH-35 in Wikipedia’s list. | |||
| Embraer T-27 Tucano (EMB 312)בשירות | מאמן בסיסי | 31 | 1983 | 31 in Wikipedia’s list; 168 delivered. | ||
| Neiva T-25 Universalבשירות | מאמן ראשי | Wikipedia’s list gives 168, which could not be corroborated. | ||||
| Elbit Hermes 450 / Hermes 900 (RQ-450, RQ-900) and IAI Heronבשירות | Reconnaissance drones | 7 | 4 Hermes 450, 1 Hermes 900 (2 lost) and 2 Heron in Wikipedia’s list. |
בהזמנה
| סוּג | הוזמן | משלוח ראשון | הערות | |
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| Saab F-39E/F Gripenבהזמנה | 24 | 2021 | 36 contracted (28 E, 8 F) against 12 delivered by September 2026; four are expected in 2027 and the last at the start of the 2030s after the 2024 renegotiation.
יוֹתֵרMost of the rest will be assembled at Gavião Peixoto. Brazil signed a letter of intent on 9 November 2024 to increase the contract (Wikipedia), and in July 2026 the air force told Congress it needs 66; no signed follow-on order was confirmed in the sources checked. |
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| אמבראר KC-390 מילניוםבהזמנה | 11 | 2019 | 19 ordered, 8 delivered by October 2025; one expected in 2027. The order was 28 in 2010 and 22 in 2022. | |
| Sikorsky H-60L Black Hawkבהזמנה | 3 | Per Wikipedia’s list; not corroborated. | ||
| Airbus Helicopters H-36 Caracal and H-50בהזמנה | 13 | 2 H-36 and 11 H-50 per Wikipedia’s list; not corroborated. |
Every type the Brazilian Air Force has retired
24 types, from the Morane-Saulnier and other monoplanes (Army) to the Mil AH-2 Sabre (Mi-35M). נתוני השיא הם מספר שלדי המטוסים שנלקחו תחת אחריות לאורך כל חיי השירות, לא מספר כוחות הצי בכל תאריך נתון.
| סוּג | תַפְקִיד | שִׂיא | מוגש | הוחלף על ידי | הערות | |
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| Mil AH-2 Sabre (Mi-35M) | מסוק תקיפה | 12 | 2010–2022 | H-60L Black Hawk | 12 delivered in four batches of three. | |
| Dassault Mirage 2000C/B (F-2000) | יירוט | 12 | 2006–2013 | F-5EM, then F-39 Gripen | 10 C and 2 B, ex-French. | |
| Embraer AT-26 Xavante (Aermacchi MB-326GC) | מאמן סילון ותקיפה קלה | 166 | 1971–2010 | A-29 Super Tucano | Two prototypes plus 166 ordered in 1970; 11 later transferred to the Argentine Navy. | |
| Dassault Mirage IIIEBR/DBR (F-103E/D) | יירוט | 26 | 1972–2005 | מיראז' 2000 | 16 IIIEBR and four IIIDBR from 1972, two ex-French IIIBE in 1984 and four ex-French IIIE in 1988. | |
| Grumman S-2 Tracker (P-16) | Anti-submarine | 1961–1999 | Four in the Lobster War squadron; total not confirmed. | |||
| Lockheed TF-33A (T-33) | Jet trainer and fighter | 1968–1972 | AT-26 Xavante | |||
| Fouga CM.170 Super Magister (T-24) | Jet trainer (display team) | 1968–1972 | ||||
| Piper L-4 Grasshopper | Artillery liaison | 1944–1945 | ||||
| Morane-Saulnier and other monoplanes (Army) | סִיוּר | 3 | 1915–1915 | Three aircraft listed with government forces in the Contestado War. | ||
| Waco CSO and Potez 25 TOE (Army and Navy aviation) | Observation and light bombing | 1932– | About 58 federal aircraft in 1932, including 19 Waco CSO and six Potez 25; São Paulo had nine or ten. | |||
| קבוצת PBY קטלינה המאוחדת | Maritime patrol and amphibian | |||||
| לוקהיד הדסון | מפציץ סיור ימי | |||||
| קרטיס P-36 הוק | לוֹחֶם | 1942– | ||||
| Republic P-47D Thunderbolt | מפציץ קרב | 26 | 1944– | מטאור של גלוסטר | 26 P-47Ds with the 1st Fighter Group in Italy; 16 were shot down. Post-war totals not confirmed. | |
| בואינג B-17 מעופף פורטס | סיור ימי וחיפוש והצלה | 5 | One squadron of five during the Lobster War. | |||
| לוקהיד P-2 נפטון | סיור ימי | 12 | One squadron of 12 during the Lobster War. | |||
| Gloster Meteor F.8 and T.7 (F-8, TF-7) | מטוס קרב | 70 | 1953– | F-80C, TF-33A | 60 F.8 and 10 T.7 ordered in October 1952, paid for with 15,000 tons of raw cotton. | |
| Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star | מטוס קרב | |||||
| צפון אמריקן T-6 טקסן | מאמן והתקפה קלה | 1952– | ||||
| דאגלס B-26 פולש | מפציץ קל | |||||
| Bell H-1H (UH-1H Iroquois) | מסוק שירות | H-60L Black Hawk | Six used in Operation Traíra in 1991; fleet total not confirmed. | |||
| לוקהיד C-130 הרקולס | תובלה טקטית | KC-390 Millennium | ||||
| de Havilland Canada C-115 Buffalo | תובלה טקטית | |||||
| Boeing KC-137 (707) | מכלית ותחבורה | 1986– | KC-30 |
Where the Brazilian Air Force flies from
Black pins are active bases; all 16 on the map are in use, although Salvador and Florianópolis have had no permanent flying units since 2017. Santa Cruz, built as an airship port for the Zeppelin service in 1936, has been the home of the 1st Fighter Group since its return from Italy in 1945, and Anápolis was built from 1970 to defend the new capital with Mirage IIIs. Eight of the bases share their runways with civil airports, and Natal was the Second World War’s Parnamirim Field.
| בָּסִיס | ICAO | סטָטוּס | מַסלוּל הַמרָאָה | יחידות ומטוסים |
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| Anápolis Air Force BaseGoiás | SBAN | פָּעִיל | 06L/24R3,300 מטר06R/24L2,233 m |
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| Belém Air Force BasePará | SBBE | פָּעִיל | 07/252,800 מטר03/211,830 מטר |
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| Boa Vista Air Force BaseRoraima | SBBV | פָּעִיל | 08/262,700 מטר |
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| Brasília Air Force BaseFederal District (Distrito Federal) | SBBR | פָּעִיל | 11 ליטר/29 ימין3,200 מטר11R/29L3,300 מטר |
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| Brazilian Air Force Academy, Pirassunungaסאו פאולו | SBYS | פָּעִיל | 02L/20R2,108 m02C/20C2,108 m02R/20L1,902 מטר |
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| Campo Grande Air Force BaseMato Grosso do Sul | SBCG | פָּעִיל | 06/242,600 מטר |
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| Campo dos AfonsosAfonsos Air Force BaseRio de Janeiro | SBAF | פָּעִיל | 08/262,001 מטרבֵּטוֹן |
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| Canoas Air Force BaseRio Grande do Sul | SBCO | פָּעִיל | 13/312,751 m |
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| Florianópolis Air Force BaseSanta Catarina | SBFL | פָּעִיל | 14/322,400 מטר03/21— מבטון ואספלט |
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| Galeão Air Force BaseRio de Janeiro | SBGL | פָּעִיל | 10/284,000 מטרבֵּטוֹן15/333,180 m |
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| Manaus Air Force BaseAmazonas | SBMN | פָּעִיל | 09/272,042 m |
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| Natal Air Force BaseRio Grande do Norte (Parnamirim) | SBNT | פָּעִיל | 16L/34R2,600 מטר12/301,825 מטר16R/34L1,800 מטר |
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| Porto Velho Air Force BaseRondônia | SBPV | פָּעִיל | 01/192,400 מטר |
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| Salvador Air Force BaseBahia | SBSV | פָּעִיל | 10/283,003 m17/351,518 m |
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| Santa Cruz Air Force BaseRio de Janeiro | SBSC | פָּעִיל | 05/232,739 מטר |
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| Santa Maria Air Force BaseRio Grande do Sul | SBSM | פָּעִיל | 11/292,694 mבֵּטוֹן02/201,505 m |
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אף בסיס אווירי לא תואם את החיפוש הזה.
Who is stationed where in the Brazilian Air Force
יחידות מעופפות לפי בסיס, היחידות הנוכחיות תחילה. Brazilian squadrons are numbered within aviation groups — 1º/14º GAv is the 1st Squadron of the 14th Aviation Group — and each carries a name, from Jaguar at Anápolis to Pampa at Canoas. The US forces at Parnamirim Field in the Second World War and a Navy helicopter squadron at Belém are listed and marked as not part of the air force. Where a squadron’s base rests on Wikipedia alone, the entry says so.
- 1st Air Defence Group (1º Grupo de Defesa Aérea), Esquadrão Jaguarטייסת קרב · פעילה
- F-39E/F Gripen, F-5EM (one aircraft left in the 2022 plan)
- 1st Troop Transport Group (1º GTT), Esquadrão ZeusTransport and tanker squadron · active
- KC-390 Millennium
- 2nd Squadron, 6th Aviation Group (2º/6º GAv), Esquadrão GuardiãoAirborne early warning and reconnaissance squadron · active
- E-99M (EMB 145 AEW&C), R-99 (EMB 145 remote sensing)
- 1st Squadron, 6th Aviation Group (1º/6º GAv), Esquadrão Carcaráטייסת סיור · פעילה
- R-35A Learjet
- 1st Air Defence Wing (1ª Ala de Defesa Aérea)1972–1979
- Mirage IIIEBR/DBR (F-103E/D)
- 1st Fighter Group (1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça): 1st Squadron Jambock and 2nd Squadron Pif-PafFighter group · active
- F-5EM/FM Tiger II
- 1st Squadron, 7th Aviation Group (1º/7º GAv), Esquadrão Orunganטייסת סיור ימי · פעילה
- P-3AM Orion
- 3rd Squadron, 8th Aviation Group (3º/8º GAv), Esquadrão Pumaטייסת המסוקים · פעילה
- H-36 Caracal
- 1st Squadron, 1st Communications and Control Group (1º/1º GCC), Esquadrão ProfetaMobile radar and control squadron · active
- 1st Squadron, 16th Aviation Group (1º/16º GAv), Esquadrão Adelphi
- A-1 (AMX)
- 2nd Squadron, 5th Aviation Group (2º/5º GAv), Esquadrão JokerFighter training squadron · active
- A-29A Super Tucano
- 1st Squadron, 5th Aviation Group (1º/5º GAv), Esquadrão RumbaMulti-engine training squadron · active
- C-95 Bandeirante
- 1st Squadron, 11th Aviation Group (1º/11º GAv), Esquadrão Gaviãoטייסת אימוני מסוקים · פעילה
- H-50 Esquilo
- 1st Squadron, 8th Aviation Group (1º/8º GAv), Esquadrão Falcãoטייסת מסוקי חיפוש והצלה · פעילה
- H-36 Caracal
- 3rd Squadron, 1st Communications and Control Group (3º/1º GCC), Esquadrão MorcegoMobile radar and control squadron · active
- United States Army and Navy forces at Parnamirim Field1942–1945
- 1st Air Instruction Squadron (1º EIA), Esquadrão CometaBasic training squadron · active
- T-27 / T-27M Tucano
- 2nd Air Instruction Squadron (2º EIA), Esquadrão ApoloPrimary training squadron · active
- T-25 Universal
- Air Demonstration Squadron (Esquadrão de Demonstração Aérea), the Smoke Squadronצוות תצוגה · פעיל
- A-29 Super Tucano
- Special Transport Group (Grupo de Transporte Especial, GTE)VIP transport group · active
- VC-1 (Airbus A319), VC-2 (Embraer 190), VC-99 / C-99 (ERJ 145), VH-35 and VH-36 helicopters
- 6th Air Transport Squadron (6º ETA), Esquadrão GuaráRegional transport squadron · active
- C-95 Bandeirante, C-97 Brasília, C-98 Caravan, U-100 Phenom 100
- 1st Squadron, 14th Aviation Group (1º/14º GAv), Esquadrão Pampaטייסת קרב · פעילה
- F-5EM/FM Tiger II
- 5th Air Transport Squadron (5º ETA), Esquadrão PégasoRegional transport squadron · active
- C-95 Bandeirante, C-97 Brasília, C-98 Caravan
- 2nd Squadron, 7th Aviation Group (2º/7º GAv), Esquadrão Phoenixטייסת סיור ימי · פעילה
- P-95BM Bandeirulha
- 2nd Squadron, 1st Communications and Control Group (2º/1º GCC), Esquadrão AranhaMobile radar and control squadron · active
- 1st Squadron, 10th Aviation Group (1º/10º GAv), Esquadrão PokerAttack and reconnaissance squadron · active
- A-1M (AMX)
- 3rd Squadron, 10th Aviation Group (3º/10º GAv), Esquadrão Centauroטייסת תקיפה · פעילה
- A-1M (AMX)
- 5th Squadron, 8th Aviation Group (5º/8º GAv), Esquadrão Panteraטייסת המסוקים · פעילה
- H-60L Black Hawk
- 1st Squadron, 12th Aviation Group (1º/12º GAv), Esquadrão HórusUnmanned aircraft squadron · active
- RQ-450 / RQ-900 Hermes, RQ-1150 Heron
- 4th Squadron, 1st Communications and Control Group (4º/1º GCC), Esquadrão MangrulhoMobile radar and control squadron · active
- 3rd Squadron, 3rd Aviation Group (3º/3º GAv), Esquadrão FlechaLight attack squadron · active
- A-29A/B Super Tucano
- 2nd Squadron, 10th Aviation Group (2º/10º GAv), Esquadrão PelicanoSearch and rescue squadron · active
- C-105 Amazonas (C-295)
- 1st Squadron, 15th Aviation Group (1º/15º GAv), Esquadrão Onçaטייסת תובלה · פעילה
- C-105 Amazonas (C-295)
- 2nd Squadron, 3rd Aviation Group (2º/3º GAv), Esquadrão GrifoLight attack squadron · active
- A-29A/B Super Tucano
- 2nd Squadron, 8th Aviation Group (2º/8º GAv), Esquadrão Potiטייסת המסוקים · פעילה
- AH-2 Sabre (Mi-35M), retired, H-60 Black Hawk (planned)
- 5th Squadron, 1st Communications and Control Group (5º/1º GCC), Esquadrão ZagalMobile radar and control squadron · active
- 7th Squadron, 8th Aviation Group (7º/8º GAv), Esquadrão Harpiaטייסת המסוקים · פעילה
- H-60L Black Hawk
- 1st Squadron, 9th Aviation Group (1º/9º GAv), Esquadrão Araraטייסת תובלה · פעילה
- C-105 Amazonas (C-295)
- 7th Air Transport Squadron (7º ETA), Esquadrão CobraRegional transport squadron · active
- C-97 Brasília, C-98 Caravan
- 3rd Squadron, 7th Aviation Group (3º/7º GAv), Esquadrão Netunoטייסת סיור ימי · פעילה
- P-95BM Bandeirulha
- 1st Air Transport Squadron (1º ETA), Esquadrão TracajáRegional transport squadron · active
- C-95 Bandeirante, C-97 Brasília, C-98 Caravan
- Brazilian Navy 1st General Purpose Helicopter Squadron (HU-41), HipogrifoNavy helicopter squadron · naval
- UH-15 Super Cougar
- 1st Squadron, 3rd Aviation Group (1º/3º GAv), Esquadrão EscorpiãoLight attack squadron · active
- A-29A/B Super Tucano
- 1st Squadron, 1st Transport Group (1º/1º GT), Esquadrão GordoHeavy transport squadron · active
- KC-390 Millennium, C-130 הרקולס
- 2nd Squadron, 1st Transport Group (2º/1º GT), Esquadrão Condorטייסת תובלה · פעילה
- C-99A (ERJ 145), C-97 Brasília
- 2nd Squadron, 2nd Transport Group (2º/2º GT), Esquadrão CorsárioTanker and strategic transport squadron · active
- KC-30 (A330-200)
- 3rd Air Transport Squadron (3º ETA), Esquadrão PioneiroRegional transport squadron · active
- C-95 Bandeirante
- 3rd Squadron, 8th Aviation Group (3º/8º GAv), Esquadrão Puma1980–2017
- H-36 Caracal and earlier types
- 1st and 2nd Squadrons, 1st Transport Group1958–2013
- 1st Squadron, 7th Aviation Group (1º/7º GAv), Esquadrão Orungan1947–2017
- P-3AM Orion, P-95 Bandeirulha
- 2nd Squadron, 7th Aviation Group (2º/7º GAv), Esquadrão Phoenix1982–2017
- P-95 Bandeirulha
- 2nd Squadron, 10th Aviation Group (2º/10º GAv), Esquadrão Pelicano1972–1980
- SA-16 Albatross
אף יחידה לא תואמת את החיפוש.
Brazilian Air Force milestones, 1914 to today
1 March: Lieutenant Ricardo Kirk, Brazil’s first army aviator, is killed near General Carneiro during the Contestado War.
9 July – 2 October: federal army and naval aviation fly against São Paulo’s air arm in the Constitutionalist Revolution.
20 January: the Ministry of Aeronautics merges army and naval aviation; 22 May: the name Força Aérea Brasileira is adopted.
31 July: the Catalina Arará sinks U-199 off Rio de Janeiro. 18 December: the 1st Fighter Group is formed.
22 April: the 1st Fighter Group’s busiest day over the Po valley, later Fighter Aviation Day; operations end on 6 May.
14 May: the Smoke Squadron’s first display over Copacabana. October: 70 Gloster Meteors ordered and paid for with cotton.
10–29 February: air force officers revolt against President Kubitschek at Jacareacanga.
26 February: a FAB Neptune locates the French destroyer Tartu during the Lobster War; France withdraws by 10 March.
August: Embraer is founded to build the Bandeirante, first flown on 26 October 1968.
The first of 16 Mirage IIIEBRs and four IIIDBRs are delivered.
29 September: the first T-27 Tucanos are delivered; 8 December: the Smoke Squadron is re-formed.
February–March: Operation Traíra after a FARC attack on an army post; FAB Tucanos and helicopters take part.
December: the first A-29 Super Tucanos are delivered.
16 July: Decree 5,144 regulates the shooting down of hostile aircraft.
18 December: the Gripen NG is chosen; the Mirage 2000s are retired in December.
26 August: the first Brazilian F-39E flies in Sweden; 4 September: the first KC-390 is delivered.
From 30 April: Operation Taquari 2, the Rio Grande do Sul flood relief. November: the Gripen delivery schedule is renegotiated.
24 February: Gripen takes over Brasília’s air defence alert. 25 March: the first Brazil-built Gripen is presented. 28 August: the Gripen F flies.
Every war and armed operation of Brazilian military aviation
גיחות והפסדים היכן שהרקורד נותן להם, וריק אמיתי היכן שלא.
- The Contestado War 1914–1915 Flew reconnaissance for the army against the rebels of the Contestado
- The Constitutionalist Revolution 1932 Federal army and naval aviation flew reconnaissance and bombing against the forces of São Paulo
- The anti-submarine war in the South Atlantic 1942–1945 Patrolled the coast and escorted convoys against German and Italian submarines alongside the US Navy
- The Italian campaign 1944–1945 Flew fighter-bomber missions with the US 350th Fighter Group against bridges, rail, vehicles and artillery, and supported the Brazilian Expeditionary Force
- The Jacareacanga revolt 1956 Air force officers seized aircraft and airfields in the Amazon against the new president, Juscelino Kubitschek
The Brazilian Air Force display team
Each team has its own page: history, aircraft, the display, the accidents and the sources.
Brazilian Air Force news from Afterburner
Everything MiGFlug’s magazine has published on the Brazilian Air Force and the aircraft it flies. רשימה זו מתרעננת מעצמה - סיפורי Afterburner חדשים מופיעים כאן באופן אוטומטי.
Everything people ask about the Brazilian Air Force
What is the Brazilian Air Force called in Portuguese?
Which fighter jets does the Brazilian Air Force fly?
How many Gripens has Brazil ordered and how many have been delivered?
Are Gripens built in Brazil?
What does “Senta a Púa!” mean?
Did Brazil fight in the Second World War?
Did Brazil really pay for jet fighters with cotton?
Can the Brazilian Air Force shoot down drug planes?
What is the Smoke Squadron?
What did the air force do in the 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods?
Read the aircraft the Brazilian Air Force flew
כל סוג עם עמוד בספר החיות, תחילה בשירות, ואז לפי השנה בה עזב את הצי.
כל עובדה, נבדקה
- Poder Aéreo: Força Aérea Brasileira tem novo Comandante (3 January 2023)Tenente-Brigadeiro Damasceno took command on 2 January 2023 in Brasília.
- Saab: Gripen F completes its first flight (28 August 2026)Linköping, 40-minute flight; Saab test pilot Jakob Högberg with Brazilian Air Force Lt Col Abdon de Rezende Vasconcelos.
- Poder Aéreo: FAB renegocia cronograma de entrega dos caças F-39 Gripen e considera caças de segunda mão (8 November 2024)Eight Gripen E delivered; last delivery pushed to the beginning of the next decade for budget reasons; Gripen C/D and F-16 considered as used options (FAB confirmation to CNN).
- Poder Aéreo: Saab entrega 10º caça Gripen para o Brasil (17 June 2025)Headline: tenth Gripen delivered to Brazil.
- Poder Aéreo: Caça F-39 Gripen de matrícula FAB 4111 chega ao Brasil (15 November 2025)Headline: FAB 4111 arrives in Brazil; reported as the eleventh delivered.
- Poder Aéreo: Caça F-39 Gripen da FAB inicia Alerta de Defesa Aérea do Planalto Central a partir de Anápolis (24 February 2026)Alert began 24 February 2026 with 1º GDA (Jaguar); 10 F-39s at Anápolis; Meteor live firing, KC-390 refuelling certification and first gun firing in Brazil reported in late 2025–early 2026.
- Poder Aéreo: Gripen demonstra capacidade ar-solo em campanha realizada em Natal (12 February 2026)Headline: air-to-ground campaign at Natal.
- Poder Aéreo: Embraer, Saab e a Força Aérea Brasileira apresentam primeiro caça Gripen produzido no Brasil (25 March 2026)First Brazil-built F-39E presented at Gavião Peixoto with President Lula, Minister José Múcio Monteiro and Commander Damasceno; 36 aircraft (28 E, 8 F) contracted.
- Poder Aéreo: Apresentação do primeiro F-39F Gripen (11 June 2026)Headline: first two-seat F-39F presented, developed with Brazilian participation.
- Poder Aéreo: Bloqueio de R$ 800 milhões atinge programa dos caças Gripen da FAB (12 June 2026)Headline: R$ 800 million budget freeze hits the Gripen programme.
- Poder Aéreo: FAB afirma que lote inicial de 36 Gripen é insuficiente e aponta necessidade de 66 caças F-39 (8 July 2026)FAB told Congress a fleet of 66 F-39s is appropriate; 36 contracted; original 2024 deadline missed.
- Poder Aéreo: Gripen lidera investimentos da FAB no PLOA 2027 (1 September 2026)2027 budget bill: R$ 4.259 billion for FAB under the defence programme, R$ 2.891 billion for Gripen; 12 Gripens delivered, 4 expected in 2027; one KC-390 expected in 2027; R$ 337.5 million for A-29 modernisation.
- Poder Aéreo: Crepúsculo do AMX: cinco até o final de 2025 (28 August 2024)More than 50 A-1s received; fewer than 10 A-1M left; Leonardo contract of €11.95 million (9 July 2024 – 9 April 2026) to keep five available to the end of 2025; 1º/10º GAV Poker and 3º/10º GAV Centauro at Santa Maria.
- Poder Aéreo: Em nova fase da Operação Atlas, aeronaves A-1M se deslocam para Boa Vista (23 September 2025)Headline: A-1Ms still deployed in September 2025.
- Poder Aéreo: Aeronaves A-1M realizam mapeamento de estruturas em risco no RS (10 May 2024)A-1M reconnaissance of 13 dams and three bridges during the 2024 floods.
- Poder Aéreo: A-1M: mais um contrato referente à modernização de 43 unidades (24 December 2010)Headline: modernisation contract covering 43 aircraft.
- Poder Aéreo: O Plano de Desativação dos caças Northrop F-5 da Força Aérea Brasileira (30 April 2023)PCA 400-200 of May 2022; first F-5E 1975; 36 F-5E + 6 F-5B new, 22 ex-USAF in 1988, 11 from Jordan in 2008; units 1º GAVCA Santa Cruz (14), 1º/14º GAV Canoas (14), 1º GDA (1); minimum fleet 20 in 2028, 14 in 2029.
- Poder Aéreo: Caças F-5M efetivamente nos esquadrões da FAB equivalem ao programa F-X2: 36 aviões (10 October 2013)36 of a fleet of 46 F-5EM/FM with the squadrons in 2013.
- Poder Aéreo: Embraer entregará primeiro KC-390 à FAB em 4 de setembro (15 August 2019)Headline: first delivery on 4 September 2019; 28 then planned.
- Poder Aéreo: Embraer mantém plano de entregar 22 unidades do KC-390 para FAB (31 May 2022)Order reduced from 28 to 22.
- Poder Aéreo: Embraer entrega oitavo KC-390 Millennium à Força Aérea Brasileira (3 October 2025)Eighth KC-390, FAB 2860, delivered 2 October 2025, flown from Gavião Peixoto to Galeão.
- Poder Aéreo: Em apoio ao RS, FAB ultrapassa 2.000 horas de voo na Operação Taquari 2 (11 June 2024)Operation from 30 April 2024; over 2,000 flight hours; 26 aircraft; types C-98, C-97, C-95, H-60L, H-36, C-105, KC-390, KC-30, A-1M, RQ-900; bases Santa Maria, Florianópolis, Canoas.
- Poder Aéreo: FAB realiza primeiro lançamento de carga com KC-390 Millennium na Região Sul (22 May 2024)First KC-390 cargo airdrop in the south, about 10 tonnes.
- Poder Aéreo: Nova aeronave KC-30 é incorporada à Força Aérea Brasileira (28 July 2022)Two ex-Azul A330-200s (FAB 2901, 2902) for 2º/2º GT Corsário at Galeão, to be converted by Airbus to MRTT; squadron flew KC-137s from 1986–87 and a leased C-767 from 2016.
- Poder Aéreo: Operação Raízes do Cedro: repatriados do Líbano chegam ao Brasil a bordo do KC-30 da FAB (7 October 2024)228 repatriated on 6 October and 227 on 7 October 2024, landing at São Paulo Air Base (Guarulhos).
- Poder Aéreo: Nota do CECOMSAER sobre a incorporação dos primeiros Sabres (19 April 2010)Headline: first AH-2 Sabre helicopters incorporated, April 2010.
- Poder Aéreo: Força Aérea Brasileira vai desativar os helicópteros de ataque Mi-35M (AH-2) (10 February 2022)12 AH-2 in four batches; a circulated (unpublished) plan put retirement between 1 March and 31 December 2022; Esquadrão Poti (2º/8º GAV) at Porto Velho to switch to the H-60.
- uboat.net: U-199Sunk 31 July 1943 at 23.54S, 42.54W by a US Mariner (VP-74) and Brazilian Catalina and Hudson; 49 dead and 12 survivors.
- Planalto: Decreto nº 5.144, de 16 de julho de 2004Regulates article 303 of the Aeronautical Code: averiguação, intervenção, persuasão (warning shots), destruição; destruction authorised by the Air Force Commander (art. 10).
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Campo Marechal Márcio de Souza e Mello, Anápolis (SBAN)16 14 19S 048 58 20W; 1,137 m (3,732 ft); military only; 06L/24R 3,300 x 45 m and 06R/24L 2,233 x 22.5 m asphalt; D-AMDT 26/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Campo Nero Moura, Santa Cruz (SBSC)22 55 58S 043 43 10W; threshold elevations 8.36 and 8.02 m; military (BASC); 05/23 2,739 x 45 m asphalt; D-AMDT 1/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Campo Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Canoas (SBCO)29 56 44S 051 08 37W; 8 m; military; 13/31 2,751 x 45 m asphalt; AMDT 29/25.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Campo Augusto Severo, Natal (SBNT)05 54 30S 035 14 57W; 51.38 m (169 ft); military; 16L/34R 2,600 m, 12/30 1,825 m, 16R/34L 1,800 m, all 45 m asphalt; D-AMDT 23/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Campo Fontenelle, Pirassununga (SBYS)21 59 04S 047 20 39W; 602.39 m (1,976 ft); military; 02L/20R 2,108 m, 02C/20C 2,108 m, 02R/20L 1,902 m, 45 m asphalt; AMDT 14/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek, Brasília (SBBR)15 52 16S 047 55 07W; 1,066.19 m; international public/military; per-end distances 11L 3,050, 29R 3,200, 11R 3,150, 29L 3,300 m, 45 m asphalt; AMDT 27/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Campo Ponta Pelada, Manaus (SBMN)03 08 45S 059 59 06W; 78.33 m; military; 09/27 2,042 x 45 m asphalt (LDA 2,042, ASDA 2,321 m); AMDT 48/25.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Campo Grande – Ueze Elias Zahran (SBCG)20 28 10S 054 40 13W; 559 m; international public/military (AENA Brasil); 06/24 2,600 x 45 m asphalt; AMDT 35/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira, Porto Velho (SBPV)08 42 49S 063 54 10W; public, civil and military use; 01/19 2,400 x 45 m asphalt; D-AMDT 1/26. Elevation read ambiguously as 90; English Wikipedia gives 90 m.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Val de Cans – Júlio Cezar Ribeiro, Belém (SBBE)01 23 05S 048 28 44W; 17 m (56 ft); international public/military; 07/25 2,800 m and 03/21 1,830 m, 45 m asphalt; AMDT 37/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Galeão – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Rio de Janeiro (SBGL)22 48 36S 043 15 02W; 8.51 m; international public/military; 10/28 4,000 x 45 m concrete; 15/33 3,180 x 47 m asphalt; D-AMDT 35/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Santa Maria (SBSM)29 42 39S 053 41 32W; 88 m (289 ft); public/military; 11/29 2,694 x 45 m concrete; 02/20 1,505 x 30 m asphalt; AMDT 38/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Atlas Brasil Cantanhede, Boa Vista (SBBV)02 50 29N 060 41 32W; 84 m (276 ft); international public/military; 08/26 2,700 x 45 m asphalt; D-AMDT 11/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Hercílio Luz, Florianópolis (SBFL)27 40 13S 048 33 09W; 5.13 m; international public/military; 14/32 2,400 x 45 m asphalt; 03/21 concrete and asphalt sections; AMDT 40/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Campo Délio Jardim de Mattos, Afonsos (SBAF)22 52 32S 043 23 04W; 34 m (112 ft); military; 08/26 2,001 x 52 m concrete; vulture and kite hazards; AMDT 37/26.
- DECEA AISWEB (Brazilian AIP / ROTAER): Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães, Salvador (SBSV)12 54 31S 038 19 21W; 20 m (66 ft); international public/military; 10/28 3,003 m (per-end 2,883/3,003), 17/35 1,518 m, 45 m asphalt; D-AMDT 20/26.
- Poder Aéreo: F-39E Gripen da FAB retornam a Anápolis após estreia internacional no Salitre 2026 (12 July 2026)Six F-39Es; about 1,500 personnel, 60 aircraft, 379 missions, 601 hours; Antofagasta–Anápolis about 2,382 km in 2 h 50 min.
- Poder Aéreo: Embraer entrega primeiro avião multimissão KC-390 à Força Aérea Brasileira (4 September 2019)Delivered at Anápolis to the 1st GTT; 28 on order (firm 2014); five-year support contract.
- Poder Aéreo: Confirmada busca de brasileiros na China para quarentena na Base Aérea de Anápolis (4 February 2020)Two VC-2s; 29 people (25 Brazilians, 4 Chinese relatives); 14–21 days of quarantine at Anápolis.
- Poder Aéreo: VÍDEO EXCLUSIVO: Os primeiros F-5 brasileiros (4 January 2021)First three F-5Bs left Palmdale 6 March 1975, reached Brazil 12 March; first F-5Es June 1975; 36 F-5E and 6 F-5B; 1st GAvCa first at Galeão while Santa Cruz was renovated.
- Poder Aéreo: Em 2024, piloto do 1º GAVCA vai treinar no Gripen (15 November 2023)Per the Diário Oficial: a 1st GAvCa pilot to the Gripen C/D course at F7 Såtenäs, February–May 2024; 14 operational pilots already trained, serving with the 1st GDA.
- Poder Aéreo: Nota Oficial: acidente com avião de caça da FAB (5 July 2016)F-5FM, 18:40, final approach to Santa Cruz; both crew ejected safely; official note quoted.
- Poder Aéreo: Rio 2016: aviões em alerta na Base Aérea de Santa Cruz-RJ (5 August 2016)F-5M, A-29, E-99, C-105 and C-130 on alert for the Olympics.
- Poder Aéreo: Base Aérea de Natal celebra 82 anos com solenidade e condecorações (7 August 2024)Founded 1942; about 19,000 large aircraft passed through in the war; maritime patrol, convoy escort and logistics.
- Poder Aéreo: Base Aérea de Natal recebe diorama histórico da Segunda Guerra Mundial (21 April 2025)US Navy naval air base on the Potengi with the ‘Rampa’; 1:350 diorama presented 7 April 2025; to the Trampolim da Vitória cultural centre.
- Poder Aéreo: tag ‘Base Aérea de Natal’ (article index)Headlines: Augusto Severo closed to commercial flights 31 May 2014; Rumba squadron returns to Natal (26 October 2013); residents complain of aircraft noise (29 August 2018).
- Poder Aéreo: Força Aérea Brasileira forma 89 novos Pilotos de Combate (17 December 2023)14 December 2023 at Natal; 21 fighter, 45 transport, 11 rotary, 10 ISR, 2 foreign; more than 11,000 flight hours.
- Poder Aéreo: Caça F-39E Gripen faz sua estreia em exercício militar multinacional (4 November 2024)CRUZEX 3–15 November 2024 at Natal; more than 2,000 personnel; 15 nations; more than 100 aircraft; seven F-39Es.
- Poder Aéreo: FAB autoriza pouso de caças F-16 da Argentina na Base Aérea de Natal (3 December 2025)Six F-16AM/BMs of the 24 bought from Denmark; left for Río Cuarto 5 December 2025; FAB statement quoted.
- Poder Aéreo: Esquadrilha da Fumaça: 72 anos de acrobacias aéreas e inspiração (10 July 2024)Based at the AFA in Pirassununga; more than 4,000 demonstrations; first display wrote FAB over Copacabana.
- Poder Aéreo: Comandante da Aeronáutica lidera o voo de entrega dos primeiros T-27M Tucano à AFA (10 December 2021)9 December 2021; four T-27Ms modernised by Albatross and PAMA-LS.
- Poder Aéreo: Tempestade em Pirassununga destrói aeronaves na Academia da Força Aérea (27 October 2023)26 October 2023; winds up to 100 km/h; seven T-27s damaged according to social media; no official statement in the article.
- Poder Aéreo: 76 cadetes da AFA são diagnosticados com sarampo (3 March 2020)76 first-year cadets; 25 suspected; isolation and block vaccination from 21 February; mild cases.
- Poder Aéreo: FAB coordena mais de 1.400 movimentos aéreos na região de Porto Alegre (11 May 2024)1,429 movements to 10 May 2024; 288 on 8 May against about 30 a day normally; Canoas receives rescue aircraft after Salgado Filho closed.
- Poder Aéreo: tag ‘Base Aérea de Anápolis’ (article index)Headlines: new 1st GDA building opened (5 July 2022); Gripen support and training equipment received (7 July 2022); open days 2023, 2024 and 13 September 2026.
Figures verified 2026-10-01. Order of Battle pages are regenerated from a single dataset; if a number here disagrees with a Book of Beasts page, this page is the more recent of the two.
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