• 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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    The Brazilian Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) is the air branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces and one of the three national uniformed...
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    33548°W / 38.83678; -9.33548 The Portuguese Air Force Academy (AFA, Academia da Força Aérea in Portuguese) is a Portuguese military higher education institution...
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  • of air bases, airfields and other facilities of the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) and of the Portuguese Army 's former aviation service. The Air Force gives...
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  • The National Air Force of Angola or FANA (Portuguese: Força Aérea Nacional de Angola) is the air branch of the Armed Forces of Angola. With an inventory...
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    Island in the Azores, Portugal. It is home to the Portuguese Air Force Base Aérea N º4 and Azores Air Zone Command (Portuguese: Comando da Zona Aérea...
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    service branches: Portuguese Navy, Portuguese Army and Portuguese Air Force. The President of the Republic is the head of the Portuguese military, with the...
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    new-build Merlins. Model 514 Portuguese Air Force search and rescue variant, six built. Model 515 Portuguese Air Force fisheries protection variant,...
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    Air Force (Portuguese: Forca Aérea de Moçambique; FAM) is the air force of Mozambique. From 1985 to 1990 it was known as the People's Liberation Air Force...
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  • former aircraft of the Portuguese Armed Forces also includes aircraft of the National Republican Guard. The Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) was founded in...
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    Israeli Air Force  Mozambique Mozambique Air Force  Niger Niger Air Force  Nigeria Nigerian Air Force  Portugal Portuguese Air Force  Rwanda Rwandan Air Force...
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    Policing mission". 10 January 2018. "Portugal to take over lead of Baltic Air Policing". 2 May 2018. "French Air Force takes up NATO mission in Baltics"...
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    The Dragões (Portuguese for "dragons") was a flight demonstration team of the Portuguese Air Force that operated in the 1950s. It was created in 1956...
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  • systems of ranks. The first one is used in the Portuguese Army (Exército) and in the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea), consisting of traditional land...
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  • installations operated by the United States Air Force located within the United States and abroad. Locations where the Air Force have a notable presence but do not...
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    Embraer C-390 Millennium (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
    the Portuguese Ministry of Defense as a replacement option for the Portuguese Air Force (FAP)'s aging fleet of C-130s. In July 2017 the Portuguese government...
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  • The Portuguese Air Force Academy (Academia da Força Aérea), founded in 1978 The Sri Lanka Air Force Academy, founded in 1976 The Turkish Air Force Academy...
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    The Romanian Air Force (RoAF) (Romanian: Forțele Aeriene Române) is the air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces. It has an air force headquarters...
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  • The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) is the air force of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. It was known as the Rhodesian Air Force until 1980. The Air Force of Zimbabwe...
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    Servicing Unit  Portugal Portuguese Air Force 42 aircraft from 1954 to 1975 Squadron 61, Montijo Air Base (1954–1960) Squadron 62, Montijo Air Base (1954–1960)...
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    The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during...
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    invasion. The Portuguese Air Force did not have any presence in Portuguese India, with the exception of a single officer with the role of air adviser in...
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  • Ana-Aeroportos, the Portuguese Air Force and TAP. The collection on display recounts the history of military and civil aviation in Portugal. Visitors can see...
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    Fiat G.91 (section Portugal)
    Italian Air Force, and with the West German Luftwaffe in the following year. Various other nations adopted it, such as the Portuguese Air Force, who made...
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    the airborne forces of Portugal. They were created in 1956 as part of the Portuguese Air Force, being transferred to the Portuguese Army in 1993. Presently...
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    The Portuguese Naval Aviation (Portuguese: Aviação Naval Portuguesa) constituted the air component of the Portuguese Navy, from 1917 to 1957. The Portuguese...
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  • Retrieved 7 June 2021. "Postos e Distintivos". emfa.pt (in Portuguese). Portuguese Air Force. Retrieved 29 April 2021. "Grade militare (Military ranks)"...
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    The German Air Force (German: Luftwaffe, lit. 'air weapon or air arm', German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə] ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr...
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    Self Defense Force, 1974–) Lublin R-XIII RWD-14 Czapla PZL Ł.2 Piper L-21 Super Cub (Portuguese Army, 1952–1957 and Portuguese Air Force, 1957–1976) Auster...
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    During the Portuguese Overseas War, the Portuguese Air Force used mainly Dornier Do 27 and OGMA/Auster D.5 light aircraft in the forward air control role...
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