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Best of Brazil: The Smoke Squadron

ByAndrew

Yesterday we had the rare treat of seeing the Esquadrilha da Fumaça (Smoke Squadron) here in Sao Luis. The Esquadrilha is the precision flying team of the Brazilian Air Force.

The following are some pictures I shot of their performance.

And here is a video from the official YouTube page of the squadron:

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  1. Hi Andrew…wonderful to see they haven’t been “sequestered” in Brazil! 🙂 The Blue Devils from the US Air Force was shut down this week here. Hmm.

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