Jirgin saman soja na Portuguese part 2
A yau, F-16 shine babban mayaƙin FAP. Domin sabunta rayuwar sabis da kuma tsawaita rayuwar sabis saboda matsalolin kuɗi, kusan raka'a goma sha biyu an sayar da su kwanan nan zuwa Romania.
Jirgin sama na farko na jirgin saman Sojan Sama na Portuguese sune de Havilland DH.1952 Vampire T.115, wanda aka saya a watan Satumba 55. Bayan an ba da aikin bisa tsarin BA2, an yi amfani da su wajen horar da matukan jirgi na yaki da wani sabon nau'in wutar lantarki. Kamfanin na Burtaniya, duk da haka, bai taba zama mai samar da mayaka jet ga Sojan Sama na Portugal ba, yayin da mayakan F-84G na farko na Amurka suka shiga aikin bayan 'yan watanni. An yi amfani da Vampire lokaci-lokaci kuma an tura shi zuwa Katanga a cikin 1962. Sannan mayakan SAAB J-29 na kasar Sweden wadanda ke cikin dakarun wanzar da zaman lafiya na MDD sun lalata su a kasa.
Mayakan F-84G na farko na Jamhuriyar Nijar sun isa Portugal daga Amurka a watan Janairun 1953. Tawagar ta 20 ta tarbe su a Ota, wadda bayan watanni hudu, ta samu cikakkiyar kayan yaki da mayaka 25 irin wannan. A shekara mai zuwa, 25 Squadron sun sami ƙarin F-84G 21; duka sassan biyu sun kirkiro Grupo Operacional 1958 a cikin 201. An yi ƙarin isar da saƙon F-84G a cikin 1956-58. A dunkule, kasar ta Portugal ta karbi 75 daga cikin wadannan mayaka, wadanda suka fito daga kasashen Jamus, Belgium, Amurka, Faransa, Netherlands da Italiya.
Tsakanin 1953 zuwa 1979, FAP ta sarrafa 35 Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star masu horarwa a nau'ikan daban-daban daga tushe daban-daban. Hoton yana nuna tsohon dan Belgium T-33A, ɗaya daga cikin na ƙarshe da ya isa FAP.
Tsakanin Maris 1961 da Disamba 1962, 25 F-84Gs aka samu ta 304th squadron da aka ajiye a BA9 tushe a Angola. Waɗannan su ne jiragen sama na farko na Portuguese da suka yi aiki a cikin yankunan Afirka, wanda ke nuna farkon yanayin yakin mulkin mallaka. A tsakiyar 60s, Thunderjets har yanzu suna aiki a Portugal an tura su zuwa Esquadra de Instrução Complementar de Aviões de Caça (EICPAC). Yana daya daga cikin kasashe na karshe da suka janye F-84G, wanda ya ci gaba da aiki har zuwa 1974.
A cikin 1953, 15 Lockheed T-33 Kamar yadda suka shiga cikin Jet Aircraft Training Squadron (Esquadra de Instrução de Aviões de Jacto). Ƙungiyar ta kasance don tallafawa horarwa da kuma mayar da matukan jirgi zuwa jirgin sama. Ba da daɗewa ba ya zama Esquadrilha de Voo Sem Visibilidade, ƙungiyar horarwa ta stealth.
A shekara ta 1955, an ƙirƙira wani rukuni na 33 a kan T-22A. Shekaru hudu bayan haka an canza shi zuwa Esquadra de Instrução Complementar de Pilotagem (EICP) don canza matukan jirgi daga T-6 Texan masu horarwa zuwa jiragen sama. A cikin 1957, an canza sashin zuwa BA3 a Tancos, a shekara mai zuwa ya canza suna zuwa Esquadra de Instrução Complementar de Pilotagem de Aviões de Caça (EICPAC) - wannan lokacin an ba shi aikin horar da matukin jirgi na asali. A cikin Oktoba 1959, an maye gurbinsa da wasu T-33 guda biyar, wannan lokacin T-33AN Canadair, wanda aka yi amfani da shi a baya a Kanada. A cikin 1960, naúrar ta sami RT-33A guda biyu, waɗanda aka yi amfani da su don binciken hoto. A cikin 1961, an aika da T-33AH guda biyar zuwa Air Base 5 (BA5) a Monte Real, inda aka yi amfani da su don horar da matukan jirgin F-86F Saber. Kashi 10 na ƙarin T-33 sun tafi Portugal a 1968, kuma jirgin sama na ƙarshe na wannan nau'in a 1979. Gabaɗaya FAP ta yi amfani da gyare-gyare 35 daban-daban na T-33, na ƙarshe wanda aka janye daga sabis a 1992.
Amincewa da F-84G ya ba Portugal damar karɓar matsayin NATO kuma ya ba da damar gudanar da ayyuka tare da haɗin gwiwar kasashen da ke kawance. A cikin 1955, a kan tushen Thunderjets biyar, an kafa ƙungiyar Dragons aerobatic, wanda bayan shekaru uku ya maye gurbin kungiyar San Jorge, wanda ke aiwatar da shirin a cikin wannan tsari; An wargaza tawagar a shekarar 1960.
Idan a ƙarshen 50s jirgin sama na Portuguese yana da babban jirgin ruwa na mayaƙan zamani, to, bayan 'yan shekaru, ƙarfin gwagwarmaya na F-84G ya kasance mai iyaka. Akwai bukatar gaggawar injinan da za su iya maye gurbin injunan jirage da suka lalace. A ranar 25 ga Agusta 1958, F-2F Saber ta farko da Amurka ta kawo ta sauka a BA86 a Ota. Ba da daɗewa ba, ƙungiyar ta 50 ta kasance tana da irin wannan nau'in mayaka, wanda aka sake masa suna na 51 kuma aka canza shi a ƙarshen 1959 zuwa sabuwar BA5 da aka bude a Monte Real. A cikin 1960, ƙarin F-86Fs sun shiga No. 52 Squadron; Gabaɗaya, FAP a wancan lokacin tana da injina 50 na irin wannan. A cikin 1958 da 1960, an kai wasu 15 F-86Fs zuwa sashin - waɗannan tsoffin mayaka ne na Norway da Amurka ta kawo.
A cikin Oktoba 1959, a matsayin wani ɓangare na neman magajin T-6 Texan a sansanin BA1 a Sintra, an gwada mai horar da jet na Burtaniya na farauta Provost T.2. Motar tana tafiya da alamun Portuguese. Gwaje-gwajen ba su da kyau kuma an mayar da jirgin ga masana'anta. Baya ga injunan jet, a cikin 1959 jirgin sama na Portuguese ya haɗa da ƙarin jiragen Buk C-45 Expeditor guda shida (da farko, a cikin 1952, an ƙara jiragen sama guda bakwai na irin wannan da AT-11 Kansan [D-18S] da yawa daga jirgin ruwa zuwa raka'a. ).
Turawan mulkin mallaka na Afirka: shirye-shiryen yaki da haɓaka rikici
A cikin Mayu 1954, rukunin farko na 18 Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon jirgin sama ya koma Amurka a ƙarƙashin MAP (Shirin Taimakawa Mutual) ya isa Portugal. Ba da da ewa ba, sun sami ƙarin kayan aikin hana ruwa gudu (SDO) a masana'antar OGMA. A watan Oktoba 1956, an halicci wani naúrar sanye take da PV-6S a VA2 - 62nd tawagar. Da farko, ya ƙunshi motoci 9, kuma bayan shekara guda, wasu ƙarin kwafi da yawa, wasu daga cikinsu an yi niyya don kayan gyara. An aika da 34 PV-2 zuwa jirgin saman soja na Portuguese, kodayake an yi nufin su ne don amfani da su a cikin ayyukan sintiri, haɓakar rikice-rikice a Afirka ya haifar da gaskiyar cewa an ba su ayyuka daban-daban.
