Montijo Air Base
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Base Aérea do Montijo Base Aérea Nº 6 | |||||||||
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Montijo Air Base (
History
The Montijo Air Base started to be built by the Portuguese Navy, before World War II, to replace its Naval Aviation base of Bom Sucesso in Lisbon. The War prevented the good progress of the works and the base ended only to be inaugurated in 1952, as the "Sacadura Cabral" Naval Aviation Centre.
The inauguration of the base happened during the process of the creation of the independent Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) and the transference of the Naval Aviation from the control of the Navy to the new branch.[2]
On March 3, 1953,[3] the Naval Aviation Centre was officially re-designated as Air Base No. 6.[4] However, within the PoAF an independent group originating from the Naval Aviation units, known as "Forças Aeronavais", continued to operate from BA6 in the anti-submarine role. Only by late 1956, early 1957, was the integration of these units in the PoAF complete, with some personnel returning to the Navy and others staying in the air force.[2]
In 1993, with the arrival of the Portuguese Navy's first Westland Super Lynx Mk.95 for the Vasco da Gama-class frigates, the air base became home to a naval helicopter squadron.[2]
The Air Force Survival Training Center (
In 2018 it was announced that the base would also become a civil airport (serving
Tenant units
- Portuguese Air Force
- 501 Sqn. "Bisontes" (Bisons) — tactical transport squadron
- 502 Sqn. "Elefantes" (Elephants) — tactical and general transport squadron
- 504 Sqn. "Linces" (Lynxes) — VIP and MEDEVAC transport squadron
- 751 Sqn. "Pumas" (Pumas) — search and rescue squadron
- Portuguese Navy
- Esquadrilha de Helicópteros da Marinha (Navy Helicopter Squadron)
See also
- List of airports in Portugal
- Portuguese Air Force
- Portuguese Naval Aviation
- Field Firing Range of Alcochete
Portugal portal
Aviation portal
References
Notes
- ^ "Airport information for Montijo Airbase". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. - ^ a b c "Aviação Naval (Portuguese Naval Aviation) in brief". 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on October 20, 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Portaria N.º 14.281
- ^ a b "Base Aérea nº 6 – Montijo" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Air Force. 24 January 2012. Archived from the original on January 24, 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "New Lisbon Airport (2018)".
Sources
- "Aeronautical infrastructures". 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on October 20, 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "Base Aérea Nº 6 – Força Aérea Portuguesa" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Air Force. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- Lopes, Mário Canongia (1989). Os Aviões da Cruz de Cristo. Lisbon: Dinalivro.
- Tadeu, Viriato (1984). Quando a Marinha tinha Asas. Lisbon.
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External links
- Base Aérea Nº 6 – Força Aérea Portuguesa
- Airport information for Montijo Airbase at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).