Polícia Aérea

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Polícia Aérea
Air Police
Active
Country Portugal
Branch Air Force
Type Military police

The Polícia Aérea (PA) (Air Police) is the military police of the Portuguese Air Force. The primary mission of the Air Police Force is to guarantee the security and immediate defense of the Air Force units in the Portuguese territory. Outside the national territory, it exerts its mission of supporting the air units detachments or of independent air means. Other missions include:

  • Protection and defense of the Air Force's infrastructures, material and personnel;
  • Detection and inactivation of explosive devices;
  • Combat search and rescue;
  • Force protection of PoAF personnel and aircraft.

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[edit] Organization

The Air Police is an Arm of its own inside the Air, and each Air Force base unit has, normally, one Air Police Post organized in the following way:

  • Command;
  • Operational Squad,
    • Instruction Sector,
    • Field Fire Range,
    • Criminal Investigation teams;
  • Support Squad,
    • Identification and Control Sector,
    • Equipment and Material Sector,
    • Armament Section;

[edit] Units

  • Current units:
    • NAFP: Núcleo de Aprontamento de Forças de Protecção (Protection Forces Readiness Nucleus) — Force protection, VIP protection, counter-terrorism, and combat search and rescue unit.
  • Former units:
    • RESCOM (Resgate em Combate) — Combat search and rescue unit. Disbanded in 2006 - replaced by the NAFP[1]

[edit] Equipment

[edit] Firearms

[edit] Vehicles

[edit] Anti-Air Artillery

[edit] External links

  • Polícia Aérea course badge[3]
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