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The Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) was founded in 1952 as the result of the amalgamation of the Aeronáutica Militar and Aviação Naval.With the merger many aircraft were transferred from these earlier aviation services to the Air Force, having been in service before 1952.
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 internationally is often referred to by the acronym PRTAF. It is the youngest of the three branches of the Portuguese Armed Forces.
The basic aircraft unit of the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) is the squadron (Portuguese: Esquadra), which is under the command and part of an operational group (Portuguese: Grupo Operacional). These operational groups are dependent of an air base and commonly use a numerical designation related to the air base's own numerical designation.
A Portuguese Air Force F-84G Thunderjet being loaded with ordnance at Luanda Air Base, 1960s. Portuguese Fiat G.91 fighter-bomber, deployed by the Portuguese Air Force in the theatres of Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Two former Portuguese North American T-6G Texan trainers now on display on the National Museum of Military History in Luanda ...
The Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) has operated Sud Aviation Alouette III light utility helicopters since 1963. The Portuguese government originally purchased 142 helicopters to replace the Sud Aviation Alouette II and for use in the roles of tactical transport, medical evacuation, and flight training, with several being adopted for combat air support.
VBSS action carried by a boarding team of the frigate NRP Bartolomeu Dias of the Portuguese Navy Pandur II 8x8 Wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier during exercise Trident Juncture 15 SAR operation performed by an EH101 helicopter of the Portuguese Air Force. The Portuguese Armed Forces include three branches, these being the Navy, the Army and ...
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List of equipment of the Portuguese Army; M. Mechanized Brigade (Portugal) Military Academy (Portugal) ... List of Portuguese Air Force bases; Portuguese Armed Forces;