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US Navy aircraft arrival in Rio de Janeiro

Overview

On October 27, a US Navy Lockheed C-130T Hercules military transport aircraft landed at Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro. The flight, identified by code CNV3370, traveled from the Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida, making stops in Puerto Rico and Barbados before entering Brazilian airspace via the states of Amapá, Pará, and Maranhão.

While aviation specialists suggested the flight might be linked to the Carranca 2026 Operational Exercise, a search and rescue training mission in Santa Catarina, Brazilian authorities and the Armed Forces have not officially confirmed the purpose of the mission, its cargo, or its passengers. Following its arrival in Rio de Janeiro, the aircraft departed for Lima, Peru, on the morning of October 28.

Entities

Rio de Janeiro · Galeão International Airport · Lockheed C-130T Hercules · United States Navy · Brazilian Armed Forces

Timeline

  1. [INTERNATIONAL] 7 sources
    US Navy military aircraft lands in Rio de Janeiro

    A US Navy Lockheed C-130T Hercules cargo plane landed at Rio de Janeiro's Galeão International Airport on October 27, following a flight from Florida with stops in the Caribbean. The mission's purpose remains未未

  2. [INTERNATIONAL] 8 sources
    US Navy C-130T Hercules lands in Rio de Janeiro

    A US Navy C-130T Hercules military transport aircraft landed in Rio de Janeiro on October 27 after traveling from Florida via the Caribbean. The mission's purpose remains officially unconfirmed.

Sources

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