List of Brazilian Air Force units

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List of Brazilian Air Force units shows the active air and ground units of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB, Força Aérea Brasileira).

The FAB used to be organized into Air Forces (1st for operational training, 2nd for maritime patrol and rotary wing, 3rd for air combat, and 5th for air transport) and Air Regions (1st through 7th). In 2017, the reorganization merged those units into 12 Wings (Alas; initially 15). Based in São Paulo Air Base, the plan was adjusted after the 4th Air Transport Squadron (ETA) was disbanded in January 2018. São Paulo remains an active air base under COMGAP. Deployment Air Bases (Bases de Desdobramento) are assigned to SEFA.

Examples of unit designations and what they do:
- 1° Grupo de Defesa Aérea (1.° GDA) — 1st Air Defence Group: fighter unit covering Brasília.
- 2º Esquadrão / 1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça (2º/1º GAvCa) — 2nd Squadron / 1st Fighter Aviation Group: 1st and 2nd groups carry on traditions from Brazilian fighters in the WWII Italian Campaign.
- 3º Esquadrão de Transporte Aéreo (3º ETA) — 3rd Air Transport Squadron: regional liaison and utility squadrons, formerly under Air Regions.
- 1° Grupo de Transporte (1º GT) — 1st Transport Group.
- 1° Grupo de Transporte de Tropa (1º GTT) — 1st Troop Transport Group: mainly supports the Army’s airborne brigade.
- Esquadrão de Demonstração Aérea (EDA) — Air Demonstration Squadron (Smoke Squadron): attached to the Air Force Academy.
- Esquadrão Aeroterrestre de Salvamento (EAS) — Airborne Rescue Squadron (Para-SAR): elite air force special forces unit.
- Grupo (ou Esquadrão) de Segurança e Defesa - Belém (GSD-BE) — Security and Defence Group (or Squadron): regional units, former air force infantry under the Air Regions.
- 1ª Brigada de Defesa Antiaérea (1ª BDAAE) — 1st Air Defence Brigade: attached to the Air Force Academy.