Recife Air Force Base

Recife Air Force Base
Recife Air Force Base
Base Aérea de Recife
Recife, Pernambuco in Brazil
	A Boeing SB-17G Flying Fortress on display at Recife in 2020
	SBRF Location in Brazil
Coordinates	08°07′35″S 034°55′22″W / 8.12639°S 34.92278°W
Type	Air Force Base
Code	BARF
Site information
Owner	Brazilian Air Force
Controlled by	Brazilian Air Force
Open to; the public	No
Website	www.fab.mil.br/organizacoes/mostra/46/BASE%20A%C3%89REA%20DE%20RECIFE
Site history
In use	1941-2024
Garrison information
Current; commander	Cel. Av. Isaac Cordeiro da Fonseca Neto
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: REC, ICAO: SBRF, LID: PE0001
Elevation	10 metres (33 ft) AMSL
Runways
18/36	2,751 metres (9,026 ft) Asphalt
	Source: DECEA

Base Aérea do Recife – BARF (IATA: REC, ICAO: SBRF) was a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Recife, Brazil.

It shared some facilities with Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport.

History

Recife Air Force Base was created on 24 July 1941 by Decree 3,459.^[2]

The Air Force Base was decommissioned on July 24, 2024.^[3]

Units

Since January 2017, there were no permanent flying units assigned to Recife Air Force Base. Whenever needed, the aerodrome is used as a support facility to other air units of the Brazilian Air Force, Navy and Army.

Former units

May 1969–January 2018: 2nd Squadron of Air Transportation (2°ETA) Pastor. The squadron was moved to Natal Air Force Base.^[4]

Access

The base was located 14 km from downtown Recife.

Accidents and incidents

28 July 1968: a United States Air Force Douglas C-124C Globemaster II registration 51–5178, flying from Paramaribo-Zanderij to Recife, while on approach to land at Recife, flew into a 1890 feet high hill 80 km away from Recife. The 10 occupants died.^[5]
21 December 1969: a Brazilian Air Force Lockheed C-130E Hercules registration FAB-2450 crashed shortly after takeoff. All 7 occupants died.^[6]
23 October 1992: a Brazilian Air Force Embraer C-95 Bandeirante registration FAB-2243 crashed in the vicinity of the Base while operating on a low level display flight. All 5 occupants died.^[7]

Gallery

This gallery displays aircraft that have been based at Fortaleza. The gallery is not comprehensive.

Douglas C-47 Dakota
Embraer C-95B Bandeirante (FAB)
Embraer C-97 Brasília (FAB)
Cessna C-98A Caravan (FAB)

References

^ "Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre (SBRF)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
^ Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica (2005). 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) (in Portuguese). Vol. 4. Rio de Janeiro: INCAER. pp. 125–135.
^ "Base Aérea de Recife (PE) é oficialmente desativa e incorporada ao CINDACTA III". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^ "2º ETA – Esquadrão Pastor". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ "Accident description 51-5178". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ "Accident description FAB-2450". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ "Accident description FAB-2243". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

External links

Airport information for SBRF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
Current weather for SBRF at NOAA/NWS
Accident history for REC at Aviation Safety Network

[1] "Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre (SBRF)". DECEA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 August 2023.

[2] Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica (2005). 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) (in Portuguese). Vol. 4. Rio de Janeiro: INCAER. pp. 125–135.

[3] "Base Aérea de Recife (PE) é oficialmente desativa e incorporada ao CINDACTA III". Aeroin (in Portuguese). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

[4] "2º ETA – Esquadrão Pastor". Spotter (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[5] "Accident description 51-5178". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[6] "Accident description FAB-2450". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[7] "Accident description FAB-2243". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

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