Brazilian Naval Aviation
| Brazilian Naval Aviation Aviação Naval Brasileira |
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Logo of the Brazilian Naval Aviation
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| Active | 1916 – present |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Branch | Brazilian Navy |
| Type | Naval aviation |
| Size | 1,150 personnel 81 aircraft |
| Part of | Navy Ministry of Defence |
| Command HQ | São Pedro da Aldeia |
| Motto | Wings over the seas |
| Engagements | Lieutenants Revolts (1922–27) Constitutionalist War (1932) World War II (1942–45) |
| Commanders | |
| Commander-in-Chief | President Dilma Rousseff |
| Commander of the Navy | Admiral Júlio Soares de Moura Neto |
| Commander of the Aeronaval Force | Rear Admiral Nelson Garrone Palma Velloso |
| Insignia | |
| Roundel |  |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack | A-4 Skyhawk |
| Transport | C-1A Trader |
Brazilian Naval Aviation (Portuguese: Aviação Naval Brasileira; AvN) is the air arm of the Brazilian Navy operating from ships including the aircraft carrier São Paulo and from shore installations.
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History
The Brazilian Naval Aviation branch was organized in August 1916, after creation of the Brazilian naval aviation school and the Brazilian aviation flotilla. Brazilian naval aviators participated in patrol operations during the First World War, incorporating into the 10th Operations Group of the Royal Air Force.
The Brazilian Air Force was founded on January 20, 1941 extinguishing independent Army and Navy aviation at that time and forming a new armed service.
From mid-1942 until the end of the Second World War, the Brazilian Air Force patrolled the Atlantic. On 31 July 1943 it claimed the German submarine U-199, which was located on the surface, off Rio de Janeiro, two Brazilian aircraft, a PBY Catalina and a Lockheed Hudson, and an American PBM Mariner attacked the U-boat.[1] The Catalina, named Ärará, was captained by 2º Ten.-Av. (2nd Lt.) Alberto M. Torres,[2] and hit U-199 with depth charges, sinking her.
In 1956 the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais was acquired by the navy commissioning in 1960. In 1965 helicopters were permitted, after substantial political struggle, to the navy by a presidential decree.
From 1961 to 1999 the Brazilian Air Force flew the S-2 Trackers of the Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais while the Navy flew the helicopters.
In 1997, Minas Gerais was loaned an A-4Q airframe by the Argentine Aviación Naval (Naval Aviation) for deck-handling and interface trials.[3] This was in lead-up to the 1999 acquisition of 20 A-4KU Skyhawks and three TA-4KU trainer aircraft from the Kuwait Air Force for US$70 million.[4]
In 1998 authority to operate carrier based fixed wing aircraft for the Navy was granted by Presidential decree No. 2538.
On September 30, 1999 Lieutenant Alvarenga of the Brazilian Navy was the last student naval aviator to make an arrested landing in the Skyhawk on a United States aircraft carrier. He is also the last US Navy naval aviation school Skyhawk student to earn his wings. On April 26, 2000, The first AF-1 (A-4KU) flight in Brazil. The aircraft N-1007 was manned by LtCol (USMC) James Edwin Rogers. A month later the same aircraft was being flown for the first time by a Brazilian Navy pilot who was also the first to do a touch-and-go on the Brazilian Navy carrier Minas Gerais. On 26 MAY 2000, Brazilian Navy VF-1, Falcoes AF1 Skyhawk N 1007 piloted by Lieutenant Alvarenga took off from São Pedro d'Aldeia Naval Air Base, Brazil. This was the first solo flight of a VF-1, Falcoes AF1 Skyhawk and the first fixed-wing flight by a Brazilian Naval Aviator since 1965. On January 2001, The first arrested landing and catapult launch from Minas Gerais of an A-4 were executed by CDR Daniel G. Canin, followed two days later by the first Brazilian Navy pilot to land on a Brazilian carrier.[5]
Naval aviation's roles now include support of the Brazilian aircraft carrier São Paulo, fleet air defense, reconnaissance, transport of marine personnel, and anti-submarine warfare. It is also responsible for airborne operations of the Brazilian Marine Corps.
In June 2013, Brazilian naval aviation personnel provided carrier training support to the Chinese Navy during the second round of flight tests on board the carrier Liaoning.[6]
Since 2001, by Brazilian invitation, pilot qualification tests of the Argentine Navy's Dassault-Breguet Super Étendards and S-2T Turbo Trackers now take place on the Brazilian Navy carrier São Paulo as Argentina now lacks a carrier of their own. Brazil also trains with and conducts regular exercises with the US Navy.
Modern equipment
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Aircraft
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As of 2014, the Brazilian Naval Aviation operates around 70 aircraft.[7]
Weapons
- Air-to-air missile AIM-9H Sidewinder. A-4
- Air-to-air missile MAA-1B. A-4
- Air-to-surface missile Sea Skua. Super Lynx
- Anti-ship missile Penguin. S-70B
- Anti-ship missile Exocet. SH-3, EC-725 Cougar
- Lightweight torpedo Mark 46 torpedo. Super Lynx, SH-3, S-70B
- Bomb Mark 82 bomb. A-4
- Bomb Mark 83 bomb. A-4
Gallery
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NAe São Paulo, foreground, and USS Ronald Reagan during a combined training exercise.
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Brazilian Super Lynx.
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Bell JetRanger.
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UH-12 Esquilo Brazilian Navy 2003.jpg
Eurocopter AS350.
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US Navy 100303-N-4774B-050 Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Elan Landin signals to an approaching Brazilian navy SH-3 Sea King helicopter during a joint maritime exercise with the Brazilian navy.jpg
Sea King Brazilian Navy
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A Brazilian Super Lynx AH-11
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Brazilian A-4 in low flight
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A Brazilian EC-725 Cougar helicopter
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Bell 206 Jet Ranger with divers on board, acting as 'plane guard'
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A Brazilian S-70B Seahawk helicopter
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HB350 Esquilo
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See also
References
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- ↑ Jane's Navy International, Carrier Aviation - Skyhawks set to land on Brazilian carrier, p. 6
- ↑ Corless, Josh (1 June 1999). "The Brazilian Navy blazes a trail in the South Atlantic". Jane's Navy International (Jane's Information Group) 104 (006).
- ↑ http://a4skyhawk.org/2e/brazil/brazil-vf1.htm
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ World Air Force 2014 - Flight International, Flightglobal.com, Accessed 23 November 2014
- Scheina, Robert L., Latin America's Wars: The Age of the Caudillo, 1791–1899, Brassey's, 2003 ISBN 1-57488-452-2
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