Known locally as “A-1″, the AMX light
attackaircraft is the backbone of the Força Aérea Brasileira.
The Brazilian Air Force operates
about 50 such aircraft, based at SantaCruz, near Rio de Janeiro, and Santa
Maria, to the west of Porto Alegre, andupgraded to the A-1M variant, that
features a glass cockpit, advanced avionics,a Mectron SCP-01 Scipio radar,
Embraer BR2 data link, FLIR (Forward Looking Infra-Red),and support for the DASH IV helmet mounted display.
Theaircraft, flying with the 1
Esquadrão/16 Grupo de Aviação Esquadrão “Adelphi”,1 Esquadrão/10 Grupo de
Aviação Esquadrão “Poker” and 3 Esquadrão/10 Grupo deaviação Esquadrão
“Centauro”.
The A-1s are used in the
air-to-surface as well as the reconnaissancerole, the same kind of missions
flown by the type within the Italian AirForce,
that has also used the AMX in combat during Allied Force in Kosovo, during Operation Unified Protector
in Libya and in support of ISAF inAfghanistan.
Along with the F-5s,the
A-1s will be replaced by the Brazil’sJAS-39E/F multi-role fighters.
http://theaviationist.com/2015/02/12/brazil-a-1-video/
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