Brazil’s Anápolis Air Base Celebrates 50th Anniversary

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The Brazilian Air Force (FAB, in Portuguese) Anápolis Air Base, located in Goiás state, became operational in 1972, with the completion of its first landing strip, ushering in a new era, where the FAB could start exercising airspace sovereignty over the Brazilian territory. The following photos are in honor of the base. The KC-390, pictured, is capable of transporting a wide variety of cargo, weighing up to 26 tons, including armored vehicles, and is outfitted with state-of-the-art loading and unloading systems. The cargo cabin can also be configured to transport the wounded or sick on medical evacuation missions, and can be used for in-flight refueling, and search and rescue operations. (Photo: André Luis Cirqueira de Freitas)

Paratroopers jump out of a KC-390. (Photo: Marco Aurélio do Couto Ramos)

After the deactivation of the Delta F2000C/B, and until the delivery of the F-39 Gripen, the Brazilian Air Force’s First Air Defense Group was provisionally re-equipped with modernized Northrop F-5EM fighters. (Photo: Gustavo Maia)

The first F-39E Gripen FAB-4100 arrived in Brazil in 2020 and has been employed as a development, test, and systems integration aircraft in preparation for future fighter jet deliveries. (Photo: Guilherme Wiltgen)

The modernized Echo-99 aircraft of the Guardian Squadron (Esquadrão Guardião) received an upgraded AESA Erieye radar and new operator console designed and manufactured by the Brazilian Defense Industrial Base, which is vital to the defense of the country’s airspace. (Photo: Alberto Semedo Neto)

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