Belém Air Force Base Explained

Belém Air Force Base
Native Name:Portuguese: Base Aérea de Belém|italic=yes
Country:Brazil
Type:Air Force Base
Coordinates:-1.3847°N -48.4789°W
Pushpin Map:Brazil Belém#Pará#Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Pushpin Label:SBBE
Ownership:Brazilian Air Force
Open To Public:No
Code:ALA9
Current Commander:Cel. Av. Ricardo Bevilaqua Mendes
Occupants:
  • 1st Squadron of the 3rd Aviation Group
  • 1st Squadron of Air Transportation
Iata:BEL
Icao:SBBE
Lid:PA0001
Elevation:17m (56feet)
R1-Number:06/24
R1-Length:2800m (9,200feet)
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:02/20
R2-Length:1830m (6,000feet)
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Sources: DECEA[1]

Base Aérea de Belém – ALA9 is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Belém, Brazil.

It shares some facilities with Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport.

History

Belém Air Force Base has its origins on the 7th Aviation Regiment created on 30 June 1936. The provisory facility was located in the neighborhood ou Souza and it was only in 1938 that the construction of an aerodrome in the neighborhood of Val-de-Cans begun. The Air Force Base was created on 21 August 1944 by Decree 6,814.[2]

Starting in 1958, with the creation of the Correio Aéreo Nacional da Amazônia in Belém, an Air Force organization focused in integration and humanitarian services, the Base gained vital importance as a base for the integration of the Amazonian region with the rest of the country.[3]

Units

The following units are based at Belém Air Force Base:

Access

The base is located 12 km from downtown Belém.

Gallery

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

Retired aircraft

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Val de Cans - Júlio Cezar Ribeiro (SBBE). DECEA. 12 April 2024. pt.
  2. Book: Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica . História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: após o término da Segunda Guerra Mundial até a posse do Dr. Juscelino Kubitschek como Presidente da República (1946–1956) . Rio de Janeiro . INCAER . 2005 . 4 . 109–110 . pt.
  3. Book: Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica . História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: da posse do Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira até as vésperas da Reforma Administrativa (1956–1966) . Rio de Janeiro . INCAER . 2014 . 5 . 387–390 . pt.
  4. Web site: 3º/7ºGAv – Esquadrão Netuno . Spotter . 31 May 2021 . pt.
  5. Web site: 1º ETA – Esquadrão Tracajá . Spotter . 31 May 2021 . pt.
  6. Web site: HU-41 – Esquadrão Hipogrifo . Spotter . 31 May 2021 . pt.