3 Fairey IIID – recon biplane – sent in 1927 and retired by naval aviation in 1931 4 Hawker Osprey floatplanes naval biplane light-bomber (sent before or around 1940) and retired by naval aviation in 1942 Avro 626 biplane trainer introduced in 1939 and retired by naval aviation in 1950 Grumman G-21B amphibious monoplane introduced in 1940 and transferred to Air Force in 1952 When it was discovered that neutral Macau was planning to sell aviation fuel to Japan, aircraft from the USS Enterprise bombed and strafed the hangar of the Naval Aviation Centre during the South China Sea raid on 16 January 1945 to destroy the fuel. American air raids on targets in Macau were also made on 25 February and 11 June 1945. Following Portuguese government protests, in 1950 the United States paid US$20,255,952 to Portugal. The Japanese presence ended in August 1945. Air Force From 1956 to 1974, Macau was part of the 3rd Aerial Region (3ª Região Aérea) of the Portuguese Air Force with its headquarters in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique (now Maputo, Mozambique). No Air Force unit was however stationed at Macau. Commanders in Macau Governor Gabriel Maurício Teixeira 1941–1945 Chief of Staff: Major Carlos da Silva Carvalho See also British Forces Overseas Hong Kong References Bibliography Military history of Macau Portuguese Army Portuguese Navy Portuguese Air Force