Base Aérea de Belém – ALA9 is a
base of the
Brazilian Air Force
The Brazilian Air Force (, FAB) is the air branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces and one of the three national uniformed services. The FAB was formed when the Brazilian Brazilian Army Aviation (1919–1941), Army and Brazilian Naval Aviation, Nav ...
, located in
Belém
Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of B ...
, Brazil.
It shares some facilities with
Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport.
History
Belém Air Force Base has its origins on the 7th Aviation Regiment created on 30 June 1936. The provisory facility was located in the neighborhood ou Souza and it was only in 1938 that the construction of an aerodrome in the neighborhood of Val-de-Cans begun. The Air Force Base was created on 21 August 1944 by Decree 6,814.
Starting in 1958, with the creation of the ''Correio Aéreo Nacional da Amazônia'' in Belém, an Air Force organization focused in integration and humanitarian services, the Base gained vital importance as a base for the integration of the Amazonian region with the rest of the country.
Units
The following units are based at Belém Air Force Base:
* 1st Squadron of the 3rd Aviation Group (3°/7°GAv) ''Netuno'', using the
P-95BM Bandeirulha.
* 1st Squadron of Air Transportation (1°ETA) ''Tracajá'', using the
C-95BM & CM Bandeirante,
C-97 Brasília, and the
C-98A Grand Caravan.
* 1st Squadron of Helicopters for General Use in the North of the
Brazilian Navy
The Brazilian Navy () is the navy, naval service branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces, responsible for conducting naval warfare, naval operations.
The navy was involved in War of Independence of Brazil#Naval action, Brazil's war of independence ...
(HU41) ''Hipogrifo'', using the
UH-15 Super Cougar.
Access
The base is located 12 km from downtown Belém.
Gallery
This gallery displays aircraft that are or have been based at Belém. The gallery is not comprehensive.
Present aircraft
File:Brazilian Air Force Embraer P-95B Bandeirulha (EMB-111A).jpg, Embraer P-95B Bandeirulha (FAB)
File:Embraer EMB 110 (Forca Aerea Brasileira) (9028199498).jpg, Embraer C-95B Bandeirante (FAB)
File:Cessna 208 Caravan (Forca Aerea Brasileira) Rafael Luiz (28981352976).jpg, Cessna C-98A Caravan (FAB)
File:Operação Atlântico 2018 (cropped).jpg, Helibras UH-15 Super Cougar (Navy)
Retired aircraft
File:Solenidade da transferência de 15 aviões de bombardeio Catalina.tif, Consolidated CA-10 Catalina (FAB)
File:Douglas DC-3 (8141516875).jpg, Douglas C-47 Dakota (FAB)
See also
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List of Brazilian military bases
The following is a list of military bases in Brazil, sorted by location:
Air Force Air Force Bases
Testing and Training Range
Former Air Force Bases
Navy Naval Bases and Stations
Naval Air Base
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Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport
References
External links
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{{USAAF 6th Air Force World War II
Airports in Pará
Brazilian Air Force bases
Buildings and structures in Belém
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command on the South Atlantic Route