Tag: Brazilian Air Force

• Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

  Problem with anti-icing system detected in Voepass crash probe

  

  According to audio recordings preserved in the so-called “black box,” the co-pilot of the doomed Voepass flight 2283 spoke of “a lot of ice” before tragedy ensued, according to a preliminary report released Friday by Brazil's Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Cenipa), Agencia Brasil reported.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Brazilian Air Force phasing out iconic Hercules

  

  Brazil's Air Force (FAB) is phasing out the iconic US-built Lockheed C-130 Hercules four-engined turboprop aircraft to replace it with the locally-produced Embraer KC-390 Millennium, of which a total of 19 units are expected to be delivered.

• Saturday, December 23rd 2023 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazilian Air Force flight to repatriate people from Gaza takes off

  

  A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) KC-30 aircraft (the military version of the Airbus 330-200 passenger airliner), took off from Rio de Janeiro's Galeão Airport to bring back another batch group of nationals of the South American country who lived in the Gaza Strip, Agencia Brasil reported.

• 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.