Smoke Squadron

**Smoke Squadron**
	The Esquadrilha da Fumaça in Brasília during Brazilian Independence Day celebrations
Country:	Brazil
Aircraft currently flown:	Embraer EMB 312 Tucano
Sponsor:	Brazilian Air Force
Base airfield:	Air Force Academy (Brazil), in Pirassununga
Colors:	Green, Yellow and Blue
Date formed:	May 14, 1952
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The Aerial Demonstration Squadron (Portuguese: Esquadrão de Demonstração Aérea), popularly known as Smoke Squadron (Portuguese: Esquadrilha da Fumaça) is the Brazilian Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron. Its first display was on 14 May 1952 using the North American T-6 Texan, model used until 1977. During a short time, from 1968 to 1972, EDA used the French Aeropastiale CM-170-2 Fouga Magister, called T-24 in FAB, that showed inappropriate to Brazilian conditions.

The squadron stopped the shows in 1977, but returned on 8 December 1983 using the aircraft Neiva T-25 Universal, soon replaced by the new Embraer EMB-312 Tucano.

Aircraft

The used aircraft by the EDA are:

North American T-6 Texan during 1225 demonstrations
Aeropastiale CM-170-2 Fouga Magister with 46 demonstrations
Neiva T-25 Universal with 55 demonstrations.
Embraer EMB-312 Tucano with more than 1200 presentations until 2005.

Objectives

To bring together civilian and military aeronautical communities
To contribute towards a better integration between the Air Force and the other Armed Forces
To represent the Brazilian Air Force in Brazil and abroad
To encourage youngsters to take up civilian and military aeronautical careers
To show the quality of the Brazilian aerospace industry
To show the capabilities of the Brazilian Air Force crews.