Brazilian Air Force

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air force military branch

The Brazilian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Brazil's armed forces, responsible for defending the country's airspace and conducting air operations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Força Aérea Brasileira 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
abbreviation FAB ⓘ
allegiance Brazil ⓘ
branchColor blue ⓘ
commanderTitle Commander of the Air Force ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
emblem roundel of the Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
foundingDate 1941-01-20 ⓘ
garrison Brasília Air Base ⓘ
hasAcademy Academia da Força Aérea ⓘ
hasSchool Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior da Aeronáutica ⓘ
Escola de Especialistas de Aeronáutica ⓘ
headquarters Brasília ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
motto Asas que protegem o País ⓘ
nativeName Brazilian Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Força Aérea Brasileira
operatesBase Anápolis Air Base ⓘ
Belém Air Base ⓘ
Boa Vista Air Base ⓘ
Campo Grande Air Base ⓘ
Canoas Air Base ⓘ
Galeão Air Base ⓘ
Manaus Air Base ⓘ
Natal Air Base ⓘ
Recife Air Base ⓘ
Santa Cruz Air Base ⓘ
participatedIn Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign

United Nations peace operations ⓘ
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping missions

World War II ⓘ
partOf Brazilian Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Armed Forces of Brazil
precededBy Brazilian Army Aviation ⓘ
Brazilian Navy ⓘ
surface form: Brazilian Naval Aviation
responsibility aerial surveillance of the Amazon region ⓘ
air transport for the Brazilian government ⓘ
defense of Brazilian airspace ⓘ
search and rescue operations in Brazil ⓘ
role aerial warfare ⓘ
air operations ⓘ
airspace defense ⓘ
usesAircraft AMX A-1 ⓘ
Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
surface form: C-130 Hercules

C-95 Bandeirante ⓘ
C-97 Brasília ⓘ
Super Tucano light attack aircraft ⓘ
surface form: Embraer A-29 Super Tucano

Embraer R-99 ⓘ
surface form: Embraer E-99

KC-390 military transport aircraft ⓘ
surface form: Embraer KC-390

H-36 Caracal ⓘ
UH-60 Black Hawk ⓘ
surface form: H-60 Black Hawk

F-5 Freedom Fighter ⓘ
surface form: Northrop F-5EM

T-25 Universal ⓘ
Super Tucano light attack aircraft ⓘ
surface form: T-27 Tucano

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress → alsoUsedBy → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Brazilian Air Force → nativeName → Brazilian Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Força Aérea Brasileira
CASA C-295 → operator → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Dassault Mirage 2000 → operator → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
JAS 39 Gripen → operator → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed P-3 Orion → operator → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Snecma M53 → operator → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Douglas A-26 Invader → serviceBranch → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Breguet 19 → usedBy → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Embraer ERJ 145 → usedBy → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Gloster Meteor → usedBy → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed P-2 Neptune → usedBy → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Meteor missile → usedBy → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Meteor
Potez 25 → usedBy → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt → usedBy → Brazilian Air Force ⓘ