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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Smoke Squadron
| native_name                   = Esquadrilha da Fumaça
| image                         = [[File:Logo Esquadrilha da Fumaça.png|200px]]
| caption                       = Smoke Squadron insignia
| dates                         = {{start date and age|1952|5|14|df=y}}
| country                       = Brazil
| branch                        = [[Brazilian Air Force]]
| role                          = [[Aerobatic]] display team
| garrison                      = [[Brazilian Air Force Academy]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Visita ao Hangar - EDA|url=https://www2.fab.mil.br/eda/index.php/visita-ao-hangar}}</ref>
| colors                        = Green, Yellow and Blue
| website                       = http://fumaca.org/<br>https://www2.fab.mil.br/eda/
| identification_symbol         = 
| identification_symbol_label   = 
| aircraft_attack               = [[Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano]]
}}

The '''Aerial Demonstration Squadron''' ({{langx|pt|Esquadrão de Demonstração Aérea}}, EDA), popularly known as '''Smoke Squadron''' (Portuguese: ''Esquadrilha da Fumaça'') is the [[Brazilian Air Force]]'s air demonstration squadron. It is headquartered at the [[Brazilian Air Force Academy]] in [[Pirassununga]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]].

== History ==
Its first display was on 14 May 1952 over Copacabana beach, using the [[North American T-6 Texan]]. The team used the T-6 from its formation until 1968, when it switched to the French [[Fouga Magister|Aérospatiale (Fouga) CM.170-2 Super Magister]] jet, called '''T-24''' in [[Brazilian Air Force|FAB]] service. However, this model proved unsuitable to Brazilian conditions and, in 1972, the squadron reverted to the T-6, which was used until 1977.

The EDA was disbanded in 1977, but reformed on 8 December 1983 using [[Indústria Aeronáutica Neiva|Neiva]] [[Neiva Universal|T-25 Universal]] piston-powered aircraft, soon to be replaced by the then-new [[Embraer EMB-312 Tucano]] turboprop trainer. At the time the EDA's aircraft were painted a bright red scheme, which has since been superseded by the current gloss blue.

==Objectives==
The stated objective of the Smoke Squadron are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Missão, Visão e Valores - EDA |url=https://www2.fab.mil.br/eda/index.php/missao-visao-e-valores |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www2.fab.mil.br}}</ref>[[File:Esquadrilha da fumaça 7 de setembro 2011.jpg|thumb|"''Esquadrilha da Fumaça''" during 2011 [[Brazilian Declaration of Independence|Brazilian Independence Day]] celebrations]]
* 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.

==Aircraft==
The aircraft used by the EDA have been, in chronological order:
* [[North American T-6 Texan]] for 1225 displays;
* [[Fouga Magister|Aérospatiale (Fouga) CM.170-2 Super Magister]] for 46 displays;
* [[Neiva Universal|Neiva T-25]] Universal for 55 displays;
* [[Embraer EMB-312 Tucano]] with more than 2000 displays as of 2010;
* [[File:Brazil Air Force Demo team..jpg|thumb|The fleet of Super Tucanos, with a Chilean 737-500VIP government transport behind them.]][[Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano]], being the two first ones delivered on September 30, 2012. In the subsequent two years, Super Tucanos have replaced the Tucano in the Smoke Squadron <ref>[http://www.aereo.jor.br/2012/09/29/fumaca-devera-receber-seus-dois-primeiros-super-tucanos-neste-domingo/ Fumaça deverá receber seus dois primeiros Super Tucanos neste domingo (Fumaça must receive its two first ones Super Tucanos this Sunday)]</ref>

==References==
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{{Commons category|Esquadrilha da Fumaça}}
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.eda.aer.mil.br/index.php/}} {{in lang|pt}}
* {{Official website|http://www.eda.aer.mil.br/eindex.htm}} {{in lang|en}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSDQM4He4g0&mode=related&search= Video showing the Esquadrilha da Fumaça in action]
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[[Category:Brazilian Air Force]]
[[Category:Aerobatic teams]]


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