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    Afonsos Air Force Base – BAAF (ICAO: SBAF) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in the district of Marechal Hermes, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
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    Santa Cruz Air Force Base – ALA12 (IATA: SNZ, ICAO: SBSC) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in the district of Santa Cruz in Rio de Janeiro...
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  • Campo dos Afonsos may refer to: Afonsos Air Force Base (Campo dos Afonsos), a Brazilian Air Force base Campo dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, a district in...
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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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    California, as of March 1960, was flown to Eglin AFB, Florida, from Turner Air Force Base, Georgia, on 21 May 1960, the last flight by a USAF B-25. It was presented...
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    Aerospacial in Campos dos Afonsos Air Force Base, Rio de Janeiro. 44-30245 – Praca das Velhas Aguias in Natal Air Force Base. Airworthy B-25J 45-8883 Hot...
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    and 5-digit serials in the form 1xxxx are as issued to Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft.[citation needed] Status Codes: D = Display A = Airworthy S =...
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    Brazil. The M-7 prototype was built at the Central Aeronautics Park (Afonsos Air Force Base) and was first flown in October 1935. Production aircraft were built...
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    Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Air Force)
    FAB 2305 – C-119G on static display at the Museu Aeroespacial at Afonsos Air Force Base in Rio de Janeiro. IK444 – C-119 on static display at the 50th Parachute...
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    Aeronáutica (former Brazilian Air Force officer graduation school, replaced by the Academia da Força Aérea), at Afonsos Air Force Base—the "Cradle of Military...
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    is one of the most important Air Force Bases in Brazil; Afonsos Air Force Base: One of the historical Brazilian Air Force airbases. It is also the location...
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  • Vickers Viscount 827 and a Brazilian Air Force Fokker S-11 based at Afonsos Air Force Base collided in the air very close to Manguinhos Airport. The...
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  • headquartered in city. 1909 - Teatro Municipal (theatre) inaugurated. 1912 Afonsos Air Force Base built. Civil Police Museum founded. 1914 - Fort Copacabana built...
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    List of airports in Brazil (category Brazilian Air Force bases)
    RJ Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport 1942 Became Santa Cruz Air Force Base Rio de Janeiro RJ Campo dos Afonsos Airport 1941 Became Afonsos Air Force Base...
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  • List of Brazilian military bases (category Brazilian Air Force bases)
    Galeão Air Force Base Rio de Janeiro RJ SBSC ALA12 RJ9003 Santa Cruz Air Force Base Rio de Janeiro RJ SBAF BAAF RJ9002 Afonsos Air Force Base Salvador...
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  • List of Brazilian Air Force units is a list of currently active air and ground-based units of the Brazilian Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea Brasileira...
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  • January 4, 1946, its Budd Conestoga made an emergency landing at Afonsos Air Force Base which led to a complete loss of the aircraft. Days later, the airline...
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    Aérea (Air Force Academy) also well known in Brazil just by the acronym AFA. In 1971, the Air Force Academy was definitely transferred from Afonsos AFB to...
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    stored at the Museu Aeroespacial at Campo dos Afonsos in Rio de Janeiro. It is an ex-Brazilian Air Force aircraft. United States 44-22991 – C-82A fuselage...
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    Aeroespacial (MUSAL), Campo dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro. Meteor F.8 4460, ex-4399, Museu Aeroespacial (MUSAL), Campo dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro. On display...
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    Lieutenant-Colonel Antônio Muniz, a serving officer in the Brazilian Air Force, as an advanced trainer and was a development of his earlier M-7 primary...
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    Indian Air Force, Afonso de Albuquerque received the responsibility to maintain radio communications between Goa and Lisbon. At 09:00, Afonso de Albuquerque...
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    in Victoria. On display A-20K 44-0539 – Museu Aeroespacial, Campo dos Afonsos in Rio de Janeiro.[citation needed] Submerged A-20?? An A-20 plane was...
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    airports located in strategic points along the coast, Afonso Pena, was built by the Brazilian Air Force Ministry in partnership with the United States Army...
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    as Jacarepaguá Airport. Even though Campo dos Afonsos had a better structure and easier access, the air approach was difficult and the weather was not...
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    Portuguese Air Force was placed on alert to transport ten tonnes of anti-tank grenades in two Douglas DC-6 aircraft from Montijo Air Base in Portugal...
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    The Portuguese Army (Portuguese: Exército Português); The Portuguese Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea Portuguesa), or FAP in the Portuguese acronym...
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    Jobim. Some of its facilities are shared with the Galeão Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force. On 10 May 1923, a School of Naval Aviation was established...
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    Army Air Force  New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force  Poland Polish Air Force  South Africa South African Air Force  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force Soviet...
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    Indian Army (redirect from Indian force)
    from the Indian Air Force. In April 2016, the Indian Army conducted a major exercise called Shatrujeet, with the elite Mathura-based Strike Corps in the...
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