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    Lajes Field or Lajes Air Base (pronounced [ˈlaʒɨʃ]; Portuguese: Base Aérea das Lajes), officially designated Air Base No. 4 (Base Aérea Nº 4, BA4) (IATA:...
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  • Lajes Airport (IATA: TER, ICAO: LPLA) is located in the parish and Vila das Lajes, in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira Island, in the...
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  • The Portuguese Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea Portuguesa) is the aerial warfare force of Portugal. Locally it is referred to by the acronym FAP but...
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    Morón Air Base (IATA: OZP, ICAO: LEMO) is located at 37°10′N 5°36′W / 37.167°N 5.600°W / 37.167; -5.600 in southern Spain, approximately 35 miles (56 km)...
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    Aviano Air Base (IATA: AVB, ICAO: LIPA) (Italian: Base aerea di Aviano) is a base in northeastern Italy, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. It is located...
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    (Supreme Court); and the main insular Portuguese Air Force base, Base Aérea nº 4 at Lajes, with a United States Air Force detachment. Terceira island...
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    squadron (41 Squadron) of the Portuguese Air Force based at Lajes Air Base (Portuguese: Base Aérea Nº 6, BA6), in Azores, which operated SB-17G Flying...
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    The Polícia Aérea (Portuguese for "Air Police") or PA is the air force ground forces and special forces and military police of the Portuguese Air Force...
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  • Ghedi Air Base (Italian: Base aerea di Ghedi, ICAO: LIPL) is a base of the Italian Air Force in Ghedi, about 15 kilometres from Brescia, northern Italy...
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    assistance programs and the offsets and compensations for the use of the Lajes Air Base. In June 1974 the Air Force Chief of Staff, General Manuel Diogo Neto...
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    raft. At February 3, 2013, a crew deployed Air Base 4, Lajes rescued a lone yachtsman 700 km from Lajes at night. Javier Sanso, was in the liferaft since...
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  • mentor das Lajes", Revista DI (in Portuguese), pp. 16–17 Messias, Rui (12 August 2009), "Lajes e Santa Maria no fim da guerra: maior ponte aérea da História"...
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    Saturday". Nellis Air Force Base. 4 August 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2022. "RED FLAG". Fuerza Aérea Colombiana. "Fuerza Aérea Colombiana se prepara para...
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    The Azores Air Zone Command (Portuguese: Comando da Zona Aérea dos Açores, ZAA) is a Portuguese Air Force command, responsible for the planning, supervision...
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  • LPLA TER Lajes Airport (Aeroporto das Lajes) Azores: Military airports Terceira Island Azores LPLA TER Lajes Air Base (Base Aérea das Lajes) Madeira:...
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    use the facilities in Lajes and Santa Maria until 2 June 1946. At that time the American forces base was transferred to Lajes and both airports began...
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    and having transported 50,000 passengers. In 2007, 711 Squadron, at Lajes Air Base (BA4) ends its operations with the Aviocar, handing over transport operations...
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  • their size, capabilities and roles: Air Base (Portuguese: Base Aérea, BA) Base Airfield (Portuguese: Aeródromo Base, AB) Maneuvers Airfield (Portuguese:...
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  • in high winds and low visibility on the fringe of Hurricane Emmy, at Lajes Air Base, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal. The aircraft was carrying 60 passengers...
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    Air Transat (category Companies based in Montreal)
    fuel starvation over the Atlantic Ocean. The aircraft safely landed at Lajes Air Base, on Terceira Island. The aircraft was evacuated in 90 seconds. All 306...
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    three more ships would be targeted by the U-Boats: The Osório (5 dead), the Lajes (3 dead) and the Antonico (16 dead). As a result of this, at the end of...
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    crewmember. 11 December 1977: USN P-3B BuNo 153428 from VP-11 operating from Lajes Field, Azores crashed on mountainous El Hierro (southwesternmost of the...
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    Air Force C-54D 282 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean while on approach to Lajes AFB, Azores, killing all 14 on board. 3 February 1951 An Air France DC-4-1009...
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  • services between São Miguel (Santana Field, until 1969), Terceira (at Achada, Lajes) and Santa Maria airports. By May 23, 1948, the airline had received two...
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  • Moldova 1503 La Linea de la Conception 10 RNE Radio 5 (Andalucia) Base Aérea das Lajes 0.1 AFN Island FM 1512 Khania 50 ERT Khanion 1521 Castellon 5 SER...
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    Sales program, partly a payment for the use by the United States of Lajes Air Base in the Azores. Initially the United States proposed to supply Portugal...
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  • Cardoso, Edgar (1963). Presença da Força Aérea em Angola. Cardoso, Edgar (1981). História da Força Aérea Portuguesa. Amadora: Gratelo SARL. Abecasis...
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    Force Base: One of the historical Brazilian Air Force airbases. It is also the location of the University of the Air Force (Universidade da Força Aérea),...
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  • 282, c/n 10597, operated by the Força Aérea Portuguesa, crashes into the sea at 2303 hrs. while approaching Lajes Field, having taken off from Lisbon,...
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  • Avianca (category Companies based in Bogotá)
    Lockheed L-749A (registered HK-163), crashed three minutes after takeoff from Lajes Field, Azores, after it flew left into the hills instead of right towards...
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