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    NAeL Minas Gerais (pennant number A 11) was a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Marinha do Brasil (MB, Brazilian Navy) from 1960 until...
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    purchased by Brazil for US$12 million – no aircraft were included in the price – to replace the aged World War II-era carrier Minas Gerais, which had been...
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    major pieces of equipment, which were used as spares for the Brazilian carrier Minas Gerais, another Colossus-class ship which had been heavily modified...
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    fixed-wing aircraft until the carrier's 2001 decommissioning. Minas Gerais was replaced by NAe São Paulo (the former French carrier Foch). Minas Gerais was the...
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    from 1952 to 1956 as HMAS Vengeance, sold to Brazil 1956 as Minas Gerais. "China unveils first aircraft carrier to enter service". Fox News. 25 September...
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  • Minas Gerais is the second-most populous state of Brazil Minas Gerais or Minas Geraes may also refer to: Campeonato Mineiro, the Brazilian name for the...
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    A light aircraft carrier, or light fleet carrier, is an aircraft carrier smaller than the standard carriers of a navy. The precise definition of the type...
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    An anti-submarine warfare carrier (ASW carrier) (US hull classification symbol CVS) is a type of small aircraft carrier whose primary role is as the nucleus...
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    HMS Vengeance (R71) (category Colossus-class aircraft carriers)
    the carrier was sold in 1956 to Brazil, and entered service after major upgrades, which allowed the ship to operate jet aircraft. Renamed Minas Gerais, the...
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    of Minas Gerais, a new aircraft carrier was purchased, the NAe São Paulo. The VF-1 was celebrated as an achievement in air defense for the Brazilian Navy...
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    Unicorn was an aircraft repair ship and light aircraft carrier; an "aircraft maintenance carrier". The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carriers were designed and...
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  • French vessel withdrew after the arrival of a Brazilian warship and the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais. Although corporal punishment was officially abolished...
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    from Minas achieved the defection of the garrison in Espírito Santo. Castelo Branco thought the move was premature and wanted the Minas Gerais leadership...
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  • Unusual eBay listings (category CS1 Brazilian Portuguese-language sources (pt-br))
    without a sale. In January 2004, a seaworthy 16,000-ton Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais, formerly the British HMS Vengeance, was listed. The auction...
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    Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (category Carrier-based aircraft)
    the aging Minas Gerais, Brazil purchased the surplus French aircraft carrier Foch (R99) on 15 November 2001. Renamed Brazilian aircraft carrier São Paulo (A12)...
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    Lobster War (category CS1 Brazilian Portuguese-language sources (pt-br))
    Navy to the region to escort the French out of Brazilian territory. The aircraft carrier Minas Gerais, the star of the Navy at the time, was not sent...
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  • produzirá em Minas Gerais helicópteros para as Forças Armadas". Agência Brasil.[permanent dead link] Retrieved on 11 July 2009. "Brazil's $1B+ Order for...
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    hands over aircraft carrier to Brazil, CNN.com Ireland (2007), p.128 Cavour — Light multirole Aircraft Carrier, digilander.libero.it Minas Gerais, Global...
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    Argentine naval aviators to operate from the deck of the Brazilian aircraft carriers Minas Gerais and São Paulo during ARAEX exercises. The only other choice...
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    military aircraft since 1941, from her commissioning in 1961 to 1999 the Brazilian Air Force flew the S-2 Trackers of the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais while...
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  • Helibras (category Companies based in Minas Gerais)
    Paulo state, Brazil. Since 1980, the company has been located in Itajubá, a city and municipality in southwestern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Formerly,...
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    carriers confirmed their importance as the core of fleets. Brazil had the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais, acquired in 1956, but its function was anti-submarine...
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    Embarked aviation issue (category 1950s in Brazil)
    between the Brazilian Navy (MB) and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) over the aircraft that would operate on board the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais, acquired...
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    Northeast, as part of the FT-10, which was composed of the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais. In January 1985, the ship was part of the WG that carried out...
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    da Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais - volumes 1 e 2; Coronel Paulo René de Andrade; edição da Imprensa Official de Minas Gerais; 1985. Raízes do Militarismo...
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    Grumman S-2 Tracker (category Carrier-based aircraft)
    subsequently modified to this standard. The Brazilian Air Force flew Trackers from the aircraft carrier NAeL Minas Gerais. Both the S-2A and S-2E were used (respectively...
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    average capacity factor of 23%. Some of the most irradiated Brazilian States are MG ("Minas Gerais"), BA ("Bahia") and GO (Goiás), which have indeed world...
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    the Americas, Luzia Woman, were found in the area of Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais and provide evidence of human habitation going back at least 11,000 years...
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  • HMS Venerable (R63) (category Colossus-class aircraft carriers)
    subsequently provided spare parts for her sister ship, Minas Gerais, which had been sold to the Brazilian Navy. The remaining part of the ship was scrapped...
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  • List of Brazilian military aircraft is a list of historic military aircraft that have served with the Brazilian Armed Forces since the creation of its...
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