New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- History
The Portuguese Naval Aviation constituted the Air component of the Portuguese Navy, from 1917 till 1952. The Portuguese Air Force maritime patrol squadrons and the Navy's helicopter squadron (EHM, Esquadrilha de Helicopteros da Marina) are the present successors of the former Portuguese Naval Aviation. Although generically referred as "Naval Aviation" the air component of the Navy was officially successively designated "Navy Air Service" (1917), "Naval Aeronautical Service" (1918-1936) and "Navy Air Forces" (1936-1952). In 1958 The Navy Air Forces, which were already part of the Air Force although still under the Navy's operational control and operated by naval personnel, were disbanded and its assets were ful...