Navy's Helicopter Squadron | |
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Esquadrilha de Helicópteros da Marinha | |
Active | September 28, 1917[1] — 1952[2] June 2, 1993[3][4] |
Country | Portugal |
Branch | Navy |
Type | Naval aviation |
Role | Anti-submarine warfare, Anti-surface warfare, maritime interdiction[5] |
Size | 130 personnel[5] |
Part of | Flotilha (FLOTNAV) |
Garrison/HQ | Montijo Air Base |
Commanders | |
Commander | Capitão-de-fragata Paulo Jorge da Conceição Lopes[6] |
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Aircraft flown | |
Helicopter | AgustaWestland Super Lynx Mk.95 |
The Portuguese Naval Aviation (Portuguese: Aviação Naval Portuguesa) 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 (EHM, Esquadrilha de Helicópteros da Marinha) are the present successors of the former Portuguese Naval Aviation.[7]
Although generically referred as "Naval Aviation", the air component of the Navy was officially successively designated "Navy's Aviation Service" (1917–1918), "Naval Aeronautics Service" (1918–1952) and "Aeronaval Forces" (1952–1958). In 1958, the Aeronaval Forces, which were already part of the Air Force - although still under the Navy's operational control and operated by naval personnel - were disbanded and its assets fully integrated in the Portuguese Air Force.
In 1993, an air component was reactivated in the Portuguese Navy, in the form of the Navy's Helicopter Squadron, to operate its new shipborne helicopters entering service with the Vasco da Gama-class frigates. The remaining aviation activities which were once performed by the Naval Aviation, including the maritime air patrol, anti-surface warfare and air-sea rescue, continue however to be performed by the Portuguese Air Force.
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