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The Chilean Ac Force Fuerza ‘Aerea de Cle, FACH) Iso exception, having integrated thisadvanced fighter aircraftint its feet t enhance national defense and operational readiness. “The FAC playsa vil olin the defense and security of Chie, particularly inthe ‘vast and strategic Atacama Desert that harbors raw minerals copper, cxide and feromotybdenum Theminerals _binkofamodernzation program and provide about 49% ofthe countrys the Block S0jetsof The Condow'of Grupo theothers being replace the F-16n ore Thereinscalenging devin 3 prepare forthe wowesk cient vara Ui he styenrsctthe seegarlyspane ppdaton and deplore toNtalin rat's Nothest__ pst decade the FACHSTocr msong ts sha cel aa cary tedden HIZO) wher eer hl rho es lemtesriot ele bd er Ingen ceri recting ee TwoleyatentintheFRCrsopertone The change ot othe certheAararetheLocteed- Asef AChenferedthe2Istcenuyit Alte of rere with Lockheed Marin Un) F16Fghng Falcone and operat widevity Fagg fitters Manin forte ech often fet theEmbreeA2965uperTucaos hich WetheMogeS kan Minges0Panten, Flsmassgnedin 2002 The project Cernlerentone aoterinifeen Cea A37Bandisrmostredethe vail tbe aed Peace Pra th roles. 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Aloe SMU tind Facons.in ly 2020 he US Dsense eps tae local projectname’Peace Amstel-afer jetcarecurentiystllbacadatBase Aeréa OYSIVETE Secunty Co-operation Agency noted oficial hand over signatures were Cerro Moreno north of Antofagasta cy, silva the Congress ofa possbesale tothe placed onthecontactby thenFACh _Thelatercontactbroughtthetoralto46sfaastem= Government of Chile of"equpment and GommanderGenOnvaleSarabia Fighting Fkonsfr the FAC, Hemant elated services fr F-16 moderation for Vices and Dutch MoD representative Scomtyuncet — anestinated costof more than US600m. rDikvan Dor ttl ict Shorty alter an uporade plan forthe FACH InAp 200 theChieanMinsty The Pace Aste and Fighting ietaraa fighters was approved the United cfDefene(hoD)announcedthe —_‘FalonsrepectvlyperteinGrupo-ENEas) States Depareentoftate The Chian a : ovement revealed the project had been postponed up unt recerty to Com0-9prorties Inocrober2023, AACR awarded Locked Marin contact tupdte ts feet efF-16s. The modeizaton, vhued 25177 ling Chest the Ms tnd The upgrade inches the instalation of NATOS Link 6 dtalnkand IF ier fend or foo) some among ober undicosed tems "The Ma program wilmodeize the FAcHsentre 16 Met meeting Usinterperbiy equtements nd rong acomprtensve longterm HR 220225 00 tere Cael irae Pooaad oo te hese we uta nthe past asthe Ch ns ett shits mers pai Wo ence Pua Fs inp pre ate torent thay (FMS) According tothe USA Force Ue cele Management Center the Lockheed facies in Fort Worth Tens, and Greervile, Sout Cralina wth completion scheduled for November 382 Any ams procuementlnked with ‘he Mi upgrade has curently not been revealed Is umored that total of 32 Block 15 Falcons willbe upgraded inthis projet ont and national security: Last Sptembermarked 1 yeas since Dicator Augusto Pinochet overteew the democrat chosen og President Saedorkabelino Allee essen this with the suppor of the ovement Cental tl gency (A). Operating fm 1 the aircraft tacked the President Palace La Moned onthe Asreds Avenue inthe captals center The Grupo Mic tat yee delivered in95710 Ua ea a eet] ee uring the exerse naval UNTIAS 24 with three United States Marines (USMC) ‘Abin 1974whereitjcined Grupo The BosingF/A1BC Homes of VFMA112 later unit still operatestwoall 4126Pe ‘Cowboys: The DAC srs were andtwoCirussR-22Tsalongsdethe conducted over the LaSerenaarea ait Falcons whereitprevousy aso operated & geolocated between Antofagasta and ‘wocasaC-2123005 Afatalcashnear the captal Santiago where the Maines Robinson Crust landoffthe Chilean Reserve egacy Hornets were TDY-based coastin2011 madethe ACh transfer for UNITAS 24 fourth USMC Hornet theremiringAvioca’965 0 Gupo remained in Panama with technicalisues. de Avicin 2atLosCndoreswhereit Alongside the Cowboys, the USMC Joined its erier-200 ype variant also deployed Lockheed KC-130 Hercules ‘Theor MotenaFalconshostd the of VMGR-234 as wela USNawy Boeing fourth edtionoftheexercseSaltrein 8A Poseidon ofVPS. (October of 2023 and aeno strangers tothese large COMAO (Composte Los Céndores High Value Assets [NirOpeationystyleexercsesasthey The FACh concentrated ther finest assets previously alo parcpatedin GRUZEX up north near the coastal osisin the 2014inNaal-MorerecentytheCero Atacama quique The cit islocated Moreno Falcons flew sever dissimilar between Perutothe north nd Bolivia to aircombat traning (ACT) missions __theeast. Ths dsputedpartofthe desert with the Boeing F/A-18SuperHorets of hasahigh concentation of minerals V-1034oly Roger andthe Lociheed tating hile vast resources by Latin [Marin F-3SCLightning isbelongingto__Amerkanstandords Los Condores ABS \Viic147 Aronausof the USS George _hometoten Peace Puma Vipers of Grupo Woshington CVN-73)when thevessel_ 3 the Avoca, two Bel 42€Ps and sailed along the tilean coastline ‘two SR221s of Grupo 2nd 22 EMB-3148 forits Southern Seas operation The SuperTucanosof Grupo de Avacén 1 execs BlueSky 2024, aimed to ‘Grupo ishome to the FACH combat increase operational eadinessforcrews_schoolwhich recently retired thei A-36 wth international assets as vllas Toquljets leaving the Super Tucanesas strengthening co-operation and trust the prime leadsn trainer before the young benween the US Navy andtheFACh. _Eeutenants move onto the Flcons, Vipers Inca Septemberfourjetstrom or Tigers. However the officers could ‘Antofagasta lew several DACT sores alsoremainin Grupo 1asan instructor or HE) 1009205 wonton Coote Poe Te epating aad Gogo ‘ehnacen oe utd Ran tesco tte Bak 0 sets (at) eorng ‘ove: Ayan levoat iis Dgas era Company SS tn a hl nas mest pray ins 18 thal ora peta be stern Stel pot Baw The Cian ArFace she yo! wart raion NE 106 Sige hee retum as aninetructorto the ENAERTIS Pian lf the Escuela de Avaion (Aviation School at Bosque, on the outskirts of ‘the capital Santiaga. Between 2008 and 2018, FAC recehied 22 EMB-314/A-298 Supe Tucanos originating fom thee Separate orders with the Embvaex Anew ‘Chilean grey'scheme was introduced.on the new PWPT6 powered 2905 The Fh eperatestheBrazilan turbo prop for tactical and advanced training ae well 2s light attackandintligence surveillance andreconnaiszance (SR) mésslons ‘big concer for many counties, Including Chiles destabilizing influence byimenigrats. in 2028 sever! Super Tucanos wee tasked wth reconnaissance rmissonsto sek out foreigeroperated ug cartels that were bringing havoc to Chilean streets The A 298 operated rom Iqulquein the Noth; Quintero due north cf the coastal city ofValparasoin the canvaregion, and Temuco, 700km south ofthe capital Santiago Search and rescue SAR) special operations, pare-droppings and inion tasks are conducted by the assets of Grupo de vision 2 that ar located on the west side the Los Condes rumway. 35 re the Super Tucan of Grupa The support Lunitmainiy provides SAR andlaison tasks with thee Bel 26Ps that aed at los Condéresin the second part of2010, eres the GinusSR-22s replaced the Piper P28. 236 Dakota in Grypo 23s well as Grupo Bt Cero Moreno around late 2017.Thelite single engine carbon fiber ast solely operatesasaaison sircraft within the FACh. The emining three CASA 212s ith Grupo 2are subject to change a the sallbut erate ‘argo lane wil eave he FACh or thea gal de Avian dl ject de Chile (GAVE ~ Army Aviation Brigade by this ‘month (December Te versatile Aviocar willbe replaced by three short nosed lassi De Haviland DHC46-100 Fin Otters em the Santiago ‘based Grupode ‘vacion 10 Military program Base AreaCode hore to Chiles most expansive rity roar Cn August 197 Loced Marth was allowed o prove dead F-16daato Chloris ter pega ae a at rriutn Whie Hae marsaearert beating advanced arms sles of tich Chleadbeen tanned tom.) 198 Fachindcted that weld belting forevepocemet rte Mages Ears and age SPonteras inFbrury 2002 Chile signed an grement wh he US venmertio chown chanced BlockS0+ 600 nsng-seat and fcurtwinsen otra wich nr imo th Peace Puma FS progam The sorcementethe drafted he Genel fect F1OGE129 enone Jn ples, APG (XMS a ronson nea 2025 ES and four UTENING Navigation Targeting Pods all provision for Conformal Fuel Tanks instaled rot ordered. Armament Included the AM Sidewinder, AIM-120C [AMRAAMs Python sand JOAMS. Then. ‘the dea was valued at around USS750n, Chiles Copper Law’was ili place at *hottime, proving its armed forces with 10% of sales from theleca Cadeleo ‘copper mining Corporation It provided the FACh wth adetona revenue for closing large ams deals suchas Peace Parma the low was revised in 2019 Inrecent years the Pumas of los Conrdees have been shedding thee appealing blue rey schemes forthe more ‘usual 16 pai fish ke that ofthe Biock-15 ML cousins at Cero Moreno. ‘Thei Puma Vipers arestl ited with factory colors applied by Lockheed Martin. itis understood that two oftham wereto ‘make an appearance at CRUZEX in Natl Bra ast month (Nowernbe).Repaining ‘8 Puma-Viper'reportedly takes the Chilean Government enterprise ENAER around fourmonths. ‘The FACh plysa vital oleinthe defense and secuty of Chie, particularly inthe vastand strategic Atacama Desert The region challenging geography, sparse ‘population al criti anspace make itanidea cation for both raining and combat operations Vipers and Falcons arethebackbone of Chiles aeral defense andare deployed extensively for air superiority isons ground tack and border patrols over the Atacama. Dring ‘December of 2019, four Aacamajets from os Condores were deployed to Base Aten Chabunco near Puna Arenas in Chiles fr south to assist in operations aterthe Lockheed KC-1308 Hercules 990 HR) 020 205 r0rntten of Grupo 10had crashedinthe ey waters ‘ofthe Drake Passage between the tip of Lata America and Antarct,The Vipers ‘isson at the time was mainly comprised ‘of SAR the Atacama Vijecs wot td wth the Rafe Reccelite which enabled the ts to san the ocean surface without any limitations. Say. 0 survivors ofthecrash were found Fist stad Fltcrse tote pee honetse ate rear ot Supa he tte eet eel vas ences tment etn Grupo3 opertedinthe 2022 edition of Dh sts ystane thelocalyopaiedemrcie SALTREN Meson Inwhichthe unitoperatedas opposition manu ntn foe forces (OPFOR fom Ls Condares ‘acm eet alongside four of thelrloal companions from Grupo aswell as ith fe Tigres Astle rom Grupo de Avan 12, Combined Ai Operations (COMADS) ‘were notthena pat oftheir" OPFOR role however these ae quite regularly practiced ina sense when most ofthe FAChassetsgatherat the mia part of Arturo Merion Benitez International ‘Aeport-Pudahwel AB home 1 Grupos 8 and 10, Twice a yearn March ond September Ithost most assets ofthe FAC in various composition fortheirlagemilary parades over the capital in which crews are tasked wotking togethe having ‘mass briefings withall other units tis notunusualforbetween 400 60 air Including helicopters, to partipate. This ea however Grupo 3 per that was

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