Canoas Air Force Base
Base Aérea de Canoas
Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil
F-5EM at Canoas during the EXPOAER in 2014
SBCO is located in Brazil
SBCO
SBCO
Location in Brazil
Coordinates29°56′44″S 051°08′37″W / 29.94556°S 51.14361°W / -29.94556; -51.14361
TypeAir Force Base
CodeALA3
Site information
OwnerBrazilian Air Force
Controlled by Brazilian Air Force
Open to
the public		No
Websitewww.fab.mil.br/organizacoes/mostra/445
Site history
Built1937 (1937)
In use1944-present (1944-present)
Garrison information
Current
commander		Cel. Av. Luciano Cantuária Pietrani
Occupants
  • 1st Squadron of the 14th Aviation Group
  • 5th Squadron of Air Transportation
  • 2nd Squadron of the 7th Aviation Group
  • 2nd Squadron of the 1st Communications and Control Group
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: SBCO, LID: RS9002
Elevation8 metres (26 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
13/31 2,751 metres (9,026 ft) Asphalt
Sources: DECEA[1]

Canoas Air Force Base – ALA3 (ICAO: SBCO) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Canoas, near Porto Alegre, Brazil.

History

The history of Canoas Air Force Base begins in 1937, when the 3rd Army Aviation Regiment (3º RAv) was transferred from Santa Maria Air Force Base to Canoas. With the creation of the Air Force Ministry in 1941, the 3º RAv became known as Gravataí Air Force Base. On 21 August 1944, the 3º RAv officially ceased to exist and on the same day Canoas Air Force Base was commissioned.

Units

The following units are based at Canoas Air Force Base:

Accidents and incidents

Access

The base is located 6 km east of downtown Canoas and 21 km north of downtown Porto Alegre.

Gallery

This gallery displays aircraft that are or have been based at Canoas. The gallery is not comprehensive.

Present aircraft

Retired aircraft

See also

References

  1. ^ "CAMPO NOSSA SENHORA DE FÁTIMA (SBCO)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ^ "1º/14ºGAv – Esquadrão Pampa". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "5ºETA – Esquadrão Pégaso". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ "2º/7º GAv - Esquadrão Phoenix". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Esquadrões de comunicações e controle de todo o país mobilizam pessoal e equipamentos". Força Aérea Brasileira (in Portuguese). 9 November 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Accident description PP-PCG". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. ^ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Está faltando um". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928–1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 95–101. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.

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