Namely, Partly due to the Overseas War, on 25 April 1974, middle rank officers of the Portuguese Armed Forces launched a military coup that became known as the "By 1976, the around 850 aircraft inventory that the Air Force had in 1974, were reduced to a third, with most of old assets being phased out and part of the new ones (especially Alouette III helicopters) being sold. These are all non-deployable elements and include air bases and other airfields, radar stations, training establishments and a number of other types of bodies. By this new organisation the PMA was transformed in the During this period, the Portuguese Military Aeronautics aviators entered in the In 1935, the AM performed air visits to the colonies, projecting a significant air force to Angola and to Mozambique to mark the Portuguese military presence in Africa. This was the first permanent operational aviation unit in the Portuguese Mainland, including a combat flight - equipped with In 1920, the Military School of Aviation was transferred from Vila Nova da Rainha to Granja do Marquês (The Decree 9749 of 30 May 1924, defining that the director of the Military Aeronautics could be a colonel of any arm of the Army (and not necessarily an officer aviator) caused revolt among the aviators, culminating in the uprising of the GEAR. From then on, the branch will be known as the "Portuguese Air Force" (FAP, The title of the military head of the FAP slightly changes from "Chief of Staff of the Air Forces" to "Chief of Staff of the Air Force". These troops, in the beginning of the War were mainly launched by parachute to the operations areas, but later were mainly employed in Mainly due to the international arms embargo to Portugal, the Air Force had to struggle with a limitation of means, being obliged to extend the use of old aircraft or to employ aircraft that were not suited for the kind of warfare that was being fought. The Army's Military Aeronautical Service was also finally fully organized on 29 June 1918, in the scope of which the EMA was to be subdivided in separate aviation and aerostation schools and the By the Decree 4529 of 29 June 1918, the Portuguese Army's Military Aeronautical Service (By the initiative of the local colonial authorities, the Caudron G.4 expeditionary flight that had been deployed to Angola due to the World War I, became a permanent air unit of the colony in 1918, as the Initial Colonial Flight, based at On 7 February 1919, the Group of Aviation Flights "República" (GEAR) was created. Germany responded by declaring war on Portugal. The base bodies include the The air bases are the FAP's units that are responsible for guaranteeing the readiness of the flying units and the logistic and administrative support of the units and bodies located on their facilities but dependent from other commands. Those of the CHBM speciality can reach the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
This issue would be gradually solved from 1943, thanks to the good relations of the Portuguese authorities with the Allies and the granting of air facilities at Lajes for the operation of anti-submarine aircraft.
In 1927, the GEAR was disbanded and gave origin to two separate units, the Information Aviation Group (GAI) and the Independent Bombardment Aviation Group (GIAB), this being transferred to Alverca. From 1961 to 1975, the Portuguese Air Force was deeply engaged in the three The strategic mission consisted of the inter-territorial connection between European Portugal and the The tactical missions undertaken by the Portuguese Air Force in the three theatres of war were:
The Spanish Army (Spanish: Ejército de Tierra; lit. The officers of the engineers, MED, ADMAER, JUR and PSI specialities can reach the rank of major-general. Major air security operations have been carried away for such events as the The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet aircraft are phased out from the FAP, with the last flight occurring in January 2018, without being replaced by another aircraft.
The AM then started to receive modern fighters including Already after the War, by the Ordinance 12194 of 19 December 1947, the AM suffered its last major re-adjustment of its units still under the Army tutelage.