List of Brazilian Air Force units
List of Brazilian Air Force units is a list of currently active air and ground-based units of the Brazilian Air Force.
Primary air units
For a long time the Brazilian Air Force was organized in Air Forces, 2nd, 3rd and 5th ) and Air Regions. With the ongoing reorganization of the FAB they have been disbanded in 2017 and their units were combined in 12 Wings called Alas.Designation Examples:
1° Grupo de Defesa Aérea - 1st Air Defence Group - the fighter unit covering the capital Brasília. In the past squadrons constituted groups. Today the squadrons are independent units and their group designations are purely ceremonial.
2º Esquadrão / 1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça - 2nd Squadron / 1st Fighter Aviation Group. 1º/1º GAvCa and 2º/1º GAvCa carry on the traditions of the Brazilian fighter units that took part in the Italian Campaign of World War II.
3º Esquadrão de Transporte Aéreo - 3rd Air Transport Squadron - regional liaison and utility squadrons, formerly under the Air Regions.
1° Grupo de Transporte - 1st Transport Group
1° Grupo de Transporte de Tropa - 1st Troop Transport Group - its main task is support of the Brazilian Army's airborne brigade.
Esquadrão de Demonstração Aérea - Air Display Squadron, the famous Smoke Squadron, attached to the Air Force Academy.
Esquadrão Aeroterrestre de Salvamento - Airborne Rescue Squadron, also known by its patch Para-SAR, the Air Force's elite special forces unit.
Grupo de Segurança e Defesa - Belém - Security and Defence Group - regional units, former air force infantry battalions under the Air Regions.
1ª Brigada de Defesa Antiaérea'' - 1st Air Defence Brigade