Base Aérea de São Paulo – BASP is a base of the

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, located in

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, Brazil. It shares some facilities with

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History

São Paulo Air Force Base was created on 22 May 1941 by Decree 3,302 at Campo de Marte Airport. On 26 January 1945 the base was transferred to its present location, then called Cumbica Farm.

Units

Since January 2017 there are no permanent flying units assigned to São Paulo Air Force Base. Whenever needed, the aerodrome is used as a support facility to other air units of the Brazilian Air Force, Navy and Army. ''Former Units''
May 1969–January 2018: 4th Squadron of Air Transportation (4°ETA) ''Carajá''. The squadron was deactivated on 10 January 2018 and aircraft and personnel transferred to the 3rd Squadron of Air Transportation (3°ETA) based at

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Access

The base is located 25 km from downtown São Paulo.

Gallery

This gallery displays aircraft that have been based at São Paulo. The gallery is not comprehensive. File:Embraer EMB 110 (Forca Aerea Brasileira) (9028199498).jpg, Embraer C-95B Bandeirante (FAB) File:Embraer EMB 120 (Forca Aerea Brasileira) 2014@CGH 18AUG14 (15422477730).jpg, Embraer C-97 Brasília (FAB)

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