Portuguese Air Force
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The Portuguese Air Force is the aerial warfare force of Portugal. Locally it is referred to by the acronym FAP but internationally is often referred to by the acronym PRTAF. It is the youngest of the three branches of the Portuguese Armed Forces.
Captive balloon being employed at the Army Engineering School in the beginning of the 20th century
Portuguese Farman F.40 in Mozambique, during the East African Campaign of World War I
The Bréguet 16 Pátria, used by Army aviators Sarmento de Beires, Brito Pais and Manuel Gouveia in the first air connection between Portugal and Macau
A Vickers Valparaiso III light bomber operated by the GEAR
Portuguese Armed Forces
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The Portuguese Armed Forces are the military of Portugal. They include the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the other unified bodies and the three service branches: Portuguese Navy, Portuguese Army and Portuguese Air Force.
A Portuguese paratrooper gathers his chute and gear after landing into Adazi Base, Latvia, after conducting a high-altitude low-opening (HALO) jump
Portuguese naval and land forces in the Conquest of Asilah, 15th century
Training of pilots of the Portuguese Armed Forces in the early 1960s, in T-6 aircraft
Portuguese paratroopers jump from an Alouette III helicopter in an air-mobile assault in Angola, in the early stages of the Overseas Wars