Portuguese Air Force

E72438
air force military branch

The Portuguese Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Portugal’s military, responsible for defending the nation’s airspace and providing air support for national and international operations.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Portuguese Air Force canonical 72
Força Aérea Portuguesa 4
Portugal Air Force 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
abbreviation FAP ⓘ
allegiance Portuguese state ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Republic
branchColor light blue ⓘ
commanderTitle Chief of Staff of the Air Force ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
emblem roundel of the Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
established 1952 ⓘ
foundedBy Government of Portugal ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese government
garrison Air Base No. 1 Sintra ⓘ
Air Base No. 11 Beja ⓘ
Lajes Field ⓘ
surface form: Air Base No. 4 Lajes

Air Base No. 5 Monte Real ⓘ
Air Base No. 6 Montijo ⓘ
Air Base No. 8 Ovar ⓘ
hasAerobaticTeam Asas de Portugal ⓘ
Rotores de Portugal ⓘ
headquartersLocation Lisbon ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
motto Ex Mero Motu ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation By my own will ⓘ
nativeName Portuguese Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Força Aérea Portuguesa
operates Alpha Jet ⓘ
Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
surface form: C-130 Hercules

CASA C-295 ⓘ
surface form: C-295

AW101 helicopter ⓘ
surface form: EH-101 Merlin

F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ
Lockheed P-3 Orion ⓘ
surface form: P-3 Orion

helicopters ⓘ
surveillance aircraft ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
participatesIn NATO operations ⓘ
humanitarian missions ⓘ
international peacekeeping missions ⓘ
partOf Portuguese Armed Forces ⓘ
precededBy Portuguese Army ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Army aviation

Portuguese Navy ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Naval aviation
responsibleFor defense of Portuguese airspace ⓘ
role aerial warfare ⓘ
air support ⓘ
air transport ⓘ
airspace defense ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ
search and rescue ⓘ
training ⓘ
symbol Cross of Christ ⓘ
trainingInstitution Air Force Academy ⓘ

Referenced by (78)

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

Portuguese Armed Forces → hasComponent → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Portuguese Armed Forces bands → employer → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Armed Forces Movement → usedMilitaryUnit → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
CASA C-295 → operator → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress → alsoUsedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed P-38 Lightning → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Baltic Air Policing → participant → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed P-2 Neptune → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Douglas A-26 Invader → serviceBranch → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Cessna O-2 Skymaster → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Republic F-84 Thunderjet → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Potez 25 → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Lajes Airport → operatedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Lajes Airport → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Ministry of National Defence of Portugal → oversees → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Portuguese military ranks → usedInBranch → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Em perigo e na guerra, pela Pátria → appliesTo → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Portuguese Air Force → nativeName → Portuguese Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Força Aérea Portuguesa
Junkers Ju 52 aircraft → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Junkers Ju 52
this entity surface form: Portugal Air Force
AW101 helicopter → primaryUsers → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed P-3 Orion → operator → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Alpha Jet → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Junkers Ju 86 → operator → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Humberto Delgado → militaryBranch → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Croix de Guerre (Portugal) → associatedWith → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Bell P-39 Airacobra → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
KC-390 military transport aircraft → operator → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: KC-390
Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
Aérospatiale Alouette III → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Alouette III (retired) → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Alouette III
H-34 Choctaw → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
P2V Neptune → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Cessna T-37 Tweet → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Breguet 14 → operator → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
T-33 Shooting Star → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
TER → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Lajes Air Base
LPLA → associatedWith → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
LPLA → militaryUseBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Lajes Field → operatedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Lajes Field → garrison → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Merlin helicopters → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Beja Airport → hasMilitaryUseBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Dornier Do 27 → usedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Ministério da Defesa Nacional → oversees → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Força Aérea Portuguesa
MDN → oversees → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Alferes → usedIn → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Major → serviceBranch → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Major (Portuguese Air Force)
Capitão → usedIn → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Portuguese search and rescue region → coordinatedBy → Portuguese Air Force ⓘ