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The Chilean air force hosted the joint exercise Salitre with other friendly nations in 2014. [2] It also participated in several United Nations peacekeeping missions overseas in 5 occasions. The Chilean Air Force reported one of its C-130 Hercules transport aircraft carrying 38 people en route to Antarctica missing on December 9, 2019
Short range air defense Mistral 1 Base defense system composed of a Thomson-CSF (Thales) Samantha mobile radar, installed on ACMAT VLRA 6X6 and Mercedes-Benz LAK 1418 4x4 trucks, and Aspic firing units with 4 Mistral 1 missiles each, mounted on Peugeot P4 4x4 vehicles.
Chilean Air Force. F-16C Block 50 KC-135E Stratotanker C-130H Hercules Cessna CitationJet CJ1 Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk Bell 412 T-35 Pillán. Aircraft Origin Role ...
The Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Air Force (Spanish: Comandante en jefe de la Fuerza Aérea de Chile) is chief of the Chilean Air Force. He also commands operations, administration and logistics within the air force. The current Commander-in-Chief is Air General Hugo Rodríguez González.
The Chilean Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Chile) is the unified military organization comprising the Chilean Army, Air Force, and Navy. The President of Chile is the commander-in-chief of the military, and formulates policy through the Minister of Defence. In recent years and after several major reequipment programs, the Chilean ...
On 2 September 2011, a CASA C-212 Aviocar military transport of the Chilean Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea de Chile, FACH) on a flight from Santiago to Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, crashed into the sea while manoeuvring to land. All 21 passengers and crew on board were killed.
Acquired by the Comando de Ingenieros (Cinge) of the Chilean Army. [71] DJI Mavic Pro [70] N/A — DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced 4 [72] Units acquired for the BOE in 2021. [72] DJI Mavic 3 2 [73] A Mavic 3 Thermal and a Mavic 3 Classic were acquired for the Fuerza de Tarea "Los Ángeles" of the Chilean Army for patrol work in the Macrozona ...
Ranks and insignia, similar to the Royal Air Force but adapted to suit the origins of the Chilean Air Force, are worn on shoulder collars and cuffs. General officers have the Condor eagle in their shoulder collars while officer cadets have a unique symbol, that of the Air Force Academy "Captain Manuel Ávalos Prado", on their shoulder collars.