Portuguese Naval Aviation
The Portuguese Naval Aviation constituted the air component of the Portuguese Navy, from 1917 to 1957. The Portuguese Air Force maritime patrol units and the Navy's Helicopter Squadron are the present successors of the former Portuguese Naval Aviation.
A Portuguese Navy Lynx helicopter
FBA Type B seaplane, the first aircraft of the Portuguese Naval Aviation
Lieutenant-Commander Sacadura Cabral and Captain Gago Coutinho in the cockpit of the Fairey III seaplane Lusitânia, at the departure for the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic
A Portuguese Navy Lynx prepares to land aboard the frigate Bartolomeu Dias
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