The Polícia Aérea (Air Police) are a Special Forces unit, a Police unit from Portuguese Air Force. The primary mission of the Air Police 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.

Organization

The Air Police is an Arm of its own inside the Air Force, and each PoAF base unit has, normally, one 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;

Current units

• Unidade de Protecção de Força (UPF) (Force Protection Unit) — Force protection, VIP protection, and combat search and rescue
  Combat search and rescue
  Combat search and rescue are search and rescue operations that are carried out during war that are within or near combat zones.A CSAR mission may be carried out by a task force of helicopters, ground-attack aircraft, tankers and an airborne command post...
  
   unit, as well as other possible classified actions.

Former units

• Resgate em Combate (RESCOM) — Combat search and rescue unit. Disbanded in 2006.

Firearms

• 7.62 mm
  7.62 mm caliber
  7.62 mm caliber is a nominal caliber used for a number of different cartridges. Historically, this class of cartridge was commonly known as .30 caliber, the Imperial unit equivalent, and was most commonly used for indicating a class of full power military main battle rifle cartridges...
  
   Braço de Prata G3
  Heckler & Koch G3
  The G3 is a 7.62mm battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME ....
  
   m/61 assault rifle
  Assault rifle
  An assault rifle is a selective fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies...
  
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• 7.62 mm
  7.62 mm caliber
  7.62 mm caliber is a nominal caliber used for a number of different cartridges. Historically, this class of cartridge was commonly known as .30 caliber, the Imperial unit equivalent, and was most commonly used for indicating a class of full power military main battle rifle cartridges...
  
   HK417 assault rifle
  Assault rifle
  An assault rifle is a selective fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies...
  
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• 5.56 mm Heckler & Koch G36
  Heckler & Koch G36
  The Heckler & Koch G36 is a 5.56×45mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1990s by Heckler & Koch in Germany as a replacement for the 7.62mm G3 battle rifle. It was accepted into service with the Bundeswehr in 1997, replacing the G3...
  
   service
  Service rifle
  The service rifle of a given army or armed force is that which it issues as standard to its soldiers. In modern forces, this is typically a highly versatile and rugged assault rifle suitable for use in nearly all theatres and environments...
  
   assault rifle
  Assault rifle
  An assault rifle is a selective fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies...
  
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• 9 mm
  9 mm Luger Parabellum
  The 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge was designed by Georg Luger and introduced in 1902 by the German weapons manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken for their Luger semi-automatic pistol...
  
   Taurus submachine gun
  Submachine gun
  A submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were...
  
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• 9 mm
  9 mm Luger Parabellum
  The 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge was designed by Georg Luger and introduced in 1902 by the German weapons manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken for their Luger semi-automatic pistol...
  
   Heckler & Koch MP5
  Heckler & Koch MP5
  The Heckler & Koch MP5 is a 9mm submachine gun of German design, developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from the German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar....
  
   A3, MP5K and MP5 SD6 submachine gun
  Submachine gun
  A submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were...
  
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• 9 mm
  9 mm Luger Parabellum
  The 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge was designed by Georg Luger and introduced in 1902 by the German weapons manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken for their Luger semi-automatic pistol...
  
   Heckler & Koch UMP
  Heckler & Koch UMP
  The UMP is a submachine gun developed and manufactured by Heckler & Koch. The UMP has been adopted by various agencies such as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
  
   submachine gun
  Submachine gun
  A submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were...
  
   (special forces);
• 4.6x30 mm Heckler & Koch MP7
  Heckler & Koch MP7
  The MP7 is a German submachine gun manufactured by Heckler & Koch and chambered for the 4.6×30mm cartridge. It was designed with the new cartridge to meet NATO requirements published in 1989, as these requirements call for a personal defense weapon class firearm, with a greater ability to defeat...
  
   A1 personal defense weapon
  Personal defense weapon
  A personal defense weapon is a compact semi-automatic or fully automatic firearm similar in most respects to a submachine gun, but firing an armor-piercing rifle round, giving a PDW better range, accuracy and armor-penetrating capability than submachine guns, which fire pistol-caliber cartridges...
  
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• 12.7 mm
  .50 BMG
  The .50 Browning Machine Gun or 12.7×99mm NATO is a cartridge developed for the Browning .50 caliber machine gun in the late 1910s. Entering service officially in 1921, the round is based on a greatly scaled-up .30-06 cartridge...
  
   M82 Barrett rifle sniper rifle
  Sniper rifle
  In military and law enforcement terminology, a sniper rifle is a precision-rifle used to ensure more accurate placement of bullets at longer ranges than other small arms. A typical sniper rifle is built for optimal levels of accuracy, fitted with a telescopic sight and chambered for a military...
  
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• 7.62 mm
  .308 Winchester
  The .308 Winchester is a rifle cartridge and is the commercial cartridge upon which the military 7.62x51mm NATO centerfire cartridge is based. The .308 Winchester was introduced in 1952, two years prior to the NATO adoption of the 7.62x51mm NATO T65...
  
   Sako TRG-22
  Sako TRG
  Sako TRG-22/42 sniper rifles were developed by the Finnish firearm manufacturer SAKO of Riihimäki. The TRG-22 is designed to fire standard .308 Winchester ammunition, while the TRG-42 is designed to fire more powerful .300 Winchester Magnum and .338 Lapua Magnum ammunition and therefore has a...
  
   sniper rifle
  Sniper rifle
  In military and law enforcement terminology, a sniper rifle is a precision-rifle used to ensure more accurate placement of bullets at longer ranges than other small arms. A typical sniper rifle is built for optimal levels of accuracy, fitted with a telescopic sight and chambered for a military...
  
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• 7.62x51 mm Heckler & Koch MSG-90 A1 sniper rifle
  Sniper rifle
  In military and law enforcement terminology, a sniper rifle is a precision-rifle used to ensure more accurate placement of bullets at longer ranges than other small arms. A typical sniper rifle is built for optimal levels of accuracy, fitted with a telescopic sight and chambered for a military...
  
   (special forces);
• 7.62 mm
  7.62 mm caliber
  7.62 mm caliber is a nominal caliber used for a number of different cartridges. Historically, this class of cartridge was commonly known as .30 caliber, the Imperial unit equivalent, and was most commonly used for indicating a class of full power military main battle rifle cartridges...
  
   Rheinmetall MG3
  Rheinmetall MG3
  The MG3 is a German general-purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. The weapon's design is derived from the World War II era MG 42 universal machine gun that fired the 7.92x57mm Mauser round....
  
   general purpose machine gun
  General purpose machine gun
  A general-purpose machine gun is a multi-purpose weapon: it is a machine gun firing a full-power rifle cartridge and which can be used in a variety of roles, from a bipod- or tripod-mounted infantry support weapon to a helicopter door gun or a vehicle-mounted support weapon...
  
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• 12.7 mm Browning .50 heavy machine gun
  Heavy machine gun
  The heavy machine gun or HMG is a larger class of machine gun generally recognized to refer to two separate stages of machine gun development. The term was originally used to refer to the early generation of machine guns which came into widespread use in World War I...
  
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• 5.56 mm FN Minimi
  FN Minimi
  The Minimi is a Belgian 5.56mm light machine gun developed by Fabrique Nationale in Herstal by Ernest Vervier. First introduced in 1974, it has entered service with the armed forces of over thirty countries...
  
   light machine gun
  Light machine gun
  A light machine gun is a machine gun designed to be employed by an individual soldier, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon. Light machine guns are often used as squad automatic weapons.-Characteristics:...
  
   (special forces);
• 9 mm
  9 mm Luger Parabellum
  The 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge was designed by Georg Luger and introduced in 1902 by the German weapons manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken for their Luger semi-automatic pistol...
  
   Walther P38 service pistol
  Service pistol
  A service pistol is any handgun issued to military personnel.Typically service pistols are revolvers or semi-automatic pistols issued to officers, non-commissioned officers and rear-echelon support personnel for self defense, though service pistols may also be issued to special forces as a backup...
  
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• 9 mm
  9 mm caliber
  This article lists firearm cartridges which have a bullet in the caliber range. The most prevalent of these rounds is the 9x19mm Parabellum.*Length refers to the cartridge case length.*OAL refers to the overall length of the cartridge....
  
   Heckler & Koch USP
  Heckler & Koch USP
  The USP is a semi-automatic pistol developed in Germany by Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar as a replacement for the P7 series of handguns.-History:...
  
   service pistol
  Service pistol
  A service pistol is any handgun issued to military personnel.Typically service pistols are revolvers or semi-automatic pistols issued to officers, non-commissioned officers and rear-echelon support personnel for self defense, though service pistols may also be issued to special forces as a backup...
  
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• 9 mm
  9 mm caliber
  This article lists firearm cartridges which have a bullet in the caliber range. The most prevalent of these rounds is the 9x19mm Parabellum.*Length refers to the cartridge case length.*OAL refers to the overall length of the cartridge....
  
   Heckler & Koch USP Compact
  Heckler & Koch USP
  The USP is a semi-automatic pistol developed in Germany by Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar as a replacement for the P7 series of handguns.-History:...
  
   (special forces);
• 40 mm
  40 mm grenade
  The 40mm grenade is a military grenade caliber for grenade launchers in service with many armed forces. There are two main types in service: the 40×46mm, which is a low-velocity round used in hand-held grenade launchers; and the high-velocity 40×53mm, used in mounted and crew-served weapons. The...
  
   Heckler & Koch HK69 A1 grenade launcher
  Grenade launcher
  A grenade launcher or grenade discharger is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
  
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• 66 mm M72 LAW
  M72 LAW
  The M72 LAW is a portable one-shot 66 mm unguided anti-tank weapon, designed in the United States by Paul V. Choate, Charles B. Weeks, and Frank A. Spinale et al...
  
   m/78 grenade launcher
  Grenade launcher
  A grenade launcher or grenade discharger is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
  
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• 9 mm
  9 mm caliber
  This article lists firearm cartridges which have a bullet in the caliber range. The most prevalent of these rounds is the 9x19mm Parabellum.*Length refers to the cartridge case length.*OAL refers to the overall length of the cartridge....
  
   Ingram Mac 10
  MAC-10
  The MAC-10 is a highly compact, blowback operated machine pistol developed by Gordon B. Ingram in 1964.-Design:The M-10 was built predominantly from steel stampings...
  
   (Used by the K9 Group, also called TTCM).

Vehicles

• Ferret Mk.2
  Ferret armoured car
  The Ferret armoured car, also commonly called the Ferret Scout car, is a British armoured fighting vehicle designed and built for reconnaissance purposes. The Ferret was produced between 1952 and 1971 by the UK company, Daimler...
  
   (retired);
• Condor UR-425
  Condor (APC)
  The Rheinmetall Condor is a 4x4 wheeled armoured personnel carrier originally designed by Thyssen-Henschel of Germany and manufactured by Henschel Wehrtechnik GmbH....
  
  http://www.areamilitar.net/DIRECTORIO/TER.aspx?nn=17&P=77&R=FA;
• DAF YP-408
  DAF YP-408
  The DAF YP408 is a Dutch 6x8 armoured car, with three out of four axles driven. It has a 6-litre, 6-cylinder diesel engine, 5-speed gearbox and 2-speed transfer case....
  
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Anti-air artillery

• 20 mm Reinmetall Rh-202 m/81
  Rheinmetall 20 mm Twin Anti-Aircraft Cannon
  Rheinmetall Zwillingsflak twin-gun anti-aircraft system began development in 1968 to meet the requirements of the low-level air defence units of the German Air Force, i.e...
  
  Anti-Aircraft Cannon

External links

• http://www.associacaopa.blogspot.com
• UPF in Real Thaw 11 exercise