Chilean Air Force
Chilean Air Force | |
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Fuerza Aérea de Chile | |
Quam celerrime ad astra "With full speed to the stars" | |
Colours | Indigo White |
March | Alte Kameraden |
Anniversaries | 21 March (Air Force Day) |
Equipment | 180 aircraft |
Engagements | |
Website | www |
The Chilean Air Force (
History
The first step towards the current FACh is taken by
In those early years many aviation milestones were achieved; conquering the height of the
The first outlines of the organization of the current air force were visible in 1945 with the inception of Transport Group 1, later renumbered Group 10, with two
During the
The Chilean air force hosted the joint exercise Salitre with other friendly nations in 2014.[1] 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
Commanders-in-chief
Order of battle
Personnel = 10,600 (including 700
Office of the Commander in Chief
Combat Command of the Air Force
First Air Brigade with headquarters in Los Cóndores Air Base (Base Aérea Los Cóndores) in Iquique
- 1st Aviation Squadron
- 2nd Aviation Squadron
- 3rd Aviation Squadron
- 24th Air Defense Squadron
- 34th Telecommunications Squadron
- 44th Aviation Infantry Squadron
Second Air Brigade with headquarters in Pudahuel Air Base (Base Aérea Pudahuel) in Santiago
- 9th Aviation Squadron
- 10th Aviation Squadron
- Air Defence and Special Forces Regiment (Regimiento de Artillería Antiaérea y FF.EE)
- 32nd Telecommunications Squadron
Third Air Brigade with headquarters in El Tepual Air Base (Base Aérea El Tepual) in Puerto Montt
- 5th Aviation Squadron
- 25th Air Defense Squadron
- 35th Telecommunications Squadron
Fourth Air Brigade with headquarters in Chabunco Air Base (Base Aérea Chabunco) in Punta Arenas
- 6th Aviation Squadron
- 12th Aviation Squadron
- 23rd Air Defense Squadron
- 33rd Telecommunications Squadron
- 19th Antarctic Exploration Squadron
Fifth Air Brigade with headquarters in Cerro Moreno Air Base (Base Aérea Cerro Moreno) in Antofagasta
- 7th Aviation Squadron
- 8th Aviation Squadron
- 21st Air Defense Squadron
- 31st Telecommunications Squadron
- 41st Aviation Infantry Squadron
Personnel Command
Education Division
- Air Force School "Captain Manuel Ávalos Prado"
- Air Force NCO School "Flight Sergeant Adolfo Menadier Rojas"
- Advanced NCO School
- Air War Academy
- Air Force Polytechnical Academy
- Air Photographic Surveying Service
Health Division
General Hospital of the Air Force
Air Force High Command Prefecture
Logistics Command
Maintenance Division
Administration Division
Infrastructure Division
The Air Force also maintains the Air Force Special Forces (Comandos de Aviación), comparable to a
Aircraft
Aircraft
Current inventory
Industry
Chile also maintains its own aviation industry,
Ranks
- Officers
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chilean Air Force[9] |
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General de aire | General de aviación | General de brigada aérea | Comodoro | Coronel de aviación | Comandante de grupo | Comandante de escuadrilla | Capitán de bandada | Teniente | Subteniente | Alférez | Cadete |
- Enlisted
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chilean Air Force[9] |
No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Suboficial mayor | Suboficial | Sargento primero | Sargento segundo | Cabo primero | Cabo segundo | Cabo | Soldado de tropa profesional | Alumno |
Badges
Officers
Officer[10] | Line Corps | |||||
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Badge | ||||||
Arm of service | Aviation | Engineering | Air Defense | Telecommunications and Information Technology | Administration | Air Base |
Abbreviation | (A) | (I) | (DA) | (TI) | (AD) | (BA) |
Specialty | Aviators (Fighter, Helicopter) and Air transport officers |
Aviation engineers | Air defense |
Information and telecommunications engineers | Engineers assigned to administrative duties | Logistics |
Officer[10] | Services/Staff Corps | ||||
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Badge | |||||
Arm of service | Justice | Medical Corps Dental Corps |
Chaplainancy | Bands Service | General Services Corps |
Abbreviation | (J) | (S) y (SD) | (SR) | (B) | (SG) |
Specialty | Attorneys and Judges | Nurses and Dentists of various specialties |
Chaplains | Musicians | Professional workers and civilian employees |
Non-commissioned officers and airmen
NCOs and airmen of the[10] | Line Corps | Services Corps | ||
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Badge | - | |||
Arm of service | Weapons | Technical support | Administration | Combat medicine and surgery |
Specially | Air Defense Intelligence personnel Aircrews |
Maintenance and armaments Communications, information technology and electronics Air Operations Support |
Administrative staff | Combat medics and surgeons |
Officers' cap badges
Chilean Air Force officers wear the following cap badges in their peaked caps.
Rank cap badge[11] | Air Generals and Air Commodores | Colonels and Group Commanders | Ensigns through Squadron Commanders | ||||||||
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Full dress | |||||||||||
Service dress | |||||||||||
Rank | Air General | Aviation General | Air Brigade General |
Air Commodore | Aviation Colonel | Group Commander |
Squadron Commander |
Flight Captain |
Lieutenant |
Sublieutenant |
Ensign
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Notes
- ^ Salitre 2014 Exercise in Chile promotes cooperation among five air forces Archived 2019-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Dialogo Americas 2014
- ^ "Antarctica-bound plane missing with 38 on board". 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "World Air Forces 2023". Flight Global. Flightglobal Insight. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Rivas, Santiago (2022-01-19). "Chile buys three Boeing E-3D Sentry aircraft from UK". Jane's. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
- ^ "World Air Forces 2011/12". flightglobal insight. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Chilean Air Force Boeing 767". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Chilean navy considers Hermes 900". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Grados". fach.cl (in Spanish). Department of Communications. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Institución". Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ^ Grados Archived 2010-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
- Hagedorn, Daniel P. (September–October 1996). "Talkback". Air Enthusiast (65): 80. ISSN 0143-5450.
External links
- Fuerza Aérea de Chile official website
- Fuerza Aérea de Chile at Chilean Defense Ministry, official website
- Fuerza Aérea de Chile website, old at Archive.org(in Spanish)
- Ranks of Fuerza Aérea de Chile website (in Spanish)