Portuguese Army

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Last modified: 2002-01-26 by antonio martins
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Army flag?

The Portuguese army flag is red with a golden lion holding a sword (well, I only say this because I�ve seen it in an air show, in the section of army parashooters).
Jo�o Madureira, 02 May 1998

This was some time ago, in "Estoril Air Show 97", held in the Aer�dromo Municipal de Cascais (Municipal Airport of Cascais) at Tires, from 12 to 14 of September 1997. In the day I visited the show (I don�t remember in which day), there was a demonstration of the army (not air force) parashooters. First, there came some parashooters with smoke on their feet, then a parashooter with the flag I described, and finally, one with the national flag. The flag was red with a golden lion rampant holding a sword (also golden but with the blade in argent). This probably isn�t of the air force because the parachooters were from the army, and the emblem of the air force is different.
Jo�o Madureira, 04 May 1998

Hunter Parachutist Battalion

First guidon (gui�o) of this battalion (no dates mentioned, but the battalion came to existence in 1922), the Hunter Parachutist Battalion. The motto "QUE NUNCA POR VENCIDOS SE CONHE�AM" means "May they never be known as loosers".
Jo�o Madureira, 08 Jun 1998

• Private webpage about Batalh�o de Ca�adores Paraquedistas (also avaliable in english)
  reported by Jo�o Madureira, 08 Jun 1998