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The tactical forces form what is loosely called an Air Division, but it is dispersed in four regions: Northeast Mexico, Northwest Mexico, Central Mexico, and Southern Mexico. The Air Force maintains a total of 18 air bases, and has the additional capability of opening temporary forward operating bases in austere conditions for some helicopters ...
The Special Forces Brigades are formed by nine SF battalions. The First Brigade has the 1st, 2nd and 3rd SF Battalions. The First Brigade has the 1st, 2nd and 3rd SF Battalions. The Second Brigade has the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Battalions, while the Third Brigade has the 4th Battalions, 9th Battalions and a Rapid Intervention Force group.
While opposed by substantial forces of French regular troops plus Mexican Imperial forces and contingents of foreign volunteers, [10] the Republican Army remained in being as an effective force after the fall of Mexico City in 1863. By 1865 Liberal opposition was being led by a core of 50,000 regular Mexican troops and state National Guards ...
special-operations forces strategic formations and units of the armed forces, whose role is to conduct sabotage, reconnaissance, subversive and other special operations on the territory of foreign countries. In wartime they may also be assigned tasks such as intelligence-gathering, the seizure or destruction of key installations, the conduct of ...
The Special Forces Corps (Spanish: Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales) are the special forces battalions of the Mexican Army.Formerly the Special Forces Airmobile Group (Spanish: Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales) or GAFE, the SF corps has six regular battalions; plus four specialized units, one of those units is the Fuerza Especial de Reaccion, the other three remain secretive for the public ...
Air Force Base No. 16 – Ciudad Pemex, Tabasco – Air Region no flying units assigned: Air Force Base No. 17 – Comitán, Chiapas – Air Region no flying units assigned: Air Force Base No. 18 – Hermosillo, Sonora – Northwest Air Region 3rd Air Group 3rd Aerial Surveillance Squadron C-26 Metroliner, Pilatus PC-6 R/P-99: 5th Air Group
The Naval Infantry Corps is additionally responsible for Mexico's naval special operations forces (SOF), managing the Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (Mexican Navy Special Operations Unit), [2] itself responsible for, among other units, the Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces), the Mexican Navy's Tier 1 SOF unit.
The Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOPES) (English: Special Operations Group) was the police tactical unit of the Federal Police of Mexico.. In October 2019, the Federal Police were disbanded, and its personnel and equipment were transferred to the newly formed National Guard. [1]