Friday, February 13, 2015

Armed Brazilian AF A-1 light attack jets bombing training.



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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