Tag: Brazilian Air Force

• Monday, December 11th 2023 - 14:54 UTC

  FAB aircraft carrying 48 evacuees from Gaza lands in Brasilia

  

  A Brazilian Air Force Airbus KC-30 (the military version of the A330-200) aircraft landed in Brasilia at 3.47 am Monday after a 15-hour flight from Cairo carrying 48 refugees who had fled the war-torn Gaza Strip, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  Last Brazilian evacuation flight from Israel lands home

  

  A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) aircraft touched down in Rio de Janeiro at 4 am Monday after successfully performing the South American country's eighth evacuation flight from war-torn Israel, Agencia Brasil reported. This last batch consisted of 209 people and nine pets.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 08:23 UTC

  First Brazilian Air Force rescue aircraft due in Tel Aviv Tuesday

  

  A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) Airbus 330-200 transport aircraft which can accommodate up to 230 passengers was already in Rome Monday, from where it planned to fly to Tel Aviv to bring the first batch of nationals of the South American country to safety from war-torn Israel, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Brazilian Air Force receives more Gripen F39E fighter bombers

  

  The Brazilian Air Force has reported that it has started to incorporate the first F/39E Gripen Saab fighter bombers, which were unloaded last Friday at the Porto de Navegantes terminal in the state of Santa Catarina.

• Friday, November 5th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazilian Air Force will receive several SAAB J-39 fighters later this month

  

  By the end of the year, the Brazilian Air Force will have received several J-39 Gripen combat fighters from Sweden's SAAB aerospace, avionics and defense consortium, part of the agreement signed in 2014 by Brazil for the purchase of 36 of these jets, following a complicated bidding process.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 15:11 UTC

  Crew member of Brazilian presidential aircraft caught with 39 kg of cocaine in Spain

  

  Spanish police have arrested a member of the Brazilian Air Force who carried three bags full of cocaine on a military plane to Seville hours before President Jair Bolsonaro’s was scheduled to take a stopover there, police and officials said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Fourteen air forces involved in combat exercises in northeast Brazil

  

  The air forces of 14 nations including the United States are taking part this week in air combat exercises and non-conventional warfare training at a base in northern Brazil, the Brazilian Air Force said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, July 17th 2013 - 07:31 UTC

  Bolivia violated military aircraft immunity, claims Brazilian Ministry of Defence

  

  Bolivia violated the immunity of a Brazilian Air Force plane which in October 2011 was carrying Defence minister Celso Amorim and with no search warrant proceeded to inspect the aircraft suspecting opposition Senator Roger Pinto might be on board, claimed Brazilian authorities.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 03:52 UTC

  Brazil’s defence industry booming and promoting projects with neighbours

  

  Brazil's defence industry is booming, fuelled by government incentives to modernize the country's armed forces and develop a robust, export-oriented military industrial complex. With the world's sixth largest economy, Brazil was ranked as the eighth largest arms exporter in the 1980s but currently languishes in 30th place, according to industry experts

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 17:06 UTC

  Brazilian Army and Navy won’t hand documents from the military regime time

  

  The Brazilian Army and Navy have not handed over documents dating back to the years of the military dictatorship (1964/1985), in spite of an official request from former president Lula da Silva five years ago.