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The Chilean Air Force (Шаблон:Lang-es) is the Air force of Chile and branch of the Chilean military.

History

The first step towards the current FACh is taken by Teniente Coronel training as a pilotШаблон:Citation needed in France. Although a local academy was created, the first officers were sent to France for their training as well. One of them, Captain Manuel Ávalos Prado, took command over the Chilean military aviation school, which was officially established in February 1913, and remained in command until 1915. The Military Aviation School (Шаблон:Lang) was named in honor of him in 1944, and still carries that name today.

In those early years many aviation milestones were achieved; conquering the height of the Andes was one of the main targets as well as long distance flights. Typical aircraft of that era were Avro 504, Bleriot XI, Bristol M.1C, DH.9, and SE5a. In the following decade, the Airmail Line of Chile (Шаблон:Lang) was created on 5 March 1929 as a branch of the military aviation. This postal airline later developed into the National Airline (Шаблон:Lang) that is still the leading airline in Chile today. Shortly afterwards, on 21 March 1930, the existing aviation elements of the army and navy were amalgamated into a dedicated department: the Department of the Air Force (Шаблон:Lang) effectively creating the current independent Air Force. It was initially named National Air Force (Шаблон:Lang). The international airport of Chile carries the name of Lan's founding father and first commander of the air force, Air Commodore Arturo Merino Benítez. Its baptism of fire was in the 1931 sailors' rebellion in Coquimbo, where Air Force attack aircraft and bombers and 2 transport planes converted into bombers contributed to its failure.

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 C-45s and a single T-6 Texan at Los Cerrillos. Two years later the first FACh flight to Antarctica was performed. The fifties meant entry into the jet age for the FACh, and Grupo 7 was the first unit to receive them in 1954. Chile got its aircraft from both the United States and Europe. The American supply consisted of Lockheed F-80, Lockheed T-33, Beech T-34 Mentor, Cessna T-37, Cessna A-37 Dragonfly and Northrop F-5E/F for example, whereas the British supplied Hawker Hunters and the French delivered various helicopters and Dassault Mirage 50 aircraft.

During the military coup d'état on September 11, 1973, the Chilean Air Force conducted Operation Silence, Hunters from the 7th Aviation Squadron destroyed several transmission antennas belonging to pro-government radio stations. After accomplishing their mission, the aircraft performed attack runs on the presidential residence at Las Condes and the presidential palace, a pilot mistakenly opened fire on the Air Force Hospital when attacking the residence, no casualties were reported.

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 Antarctica missing on December 9, 2019. The aircraft was on its way to Antarctica’s King George Island to provide logistic support to a military base when radio contact was lost.[2] On 11 December 2019, aircraft debris was located 18 miles South of where the plane last made contact and no survivors were found. The cause of the crash is unknown.[3]

Commanders-in-chief

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Order of battle

Personnel = 10,600 (including 700 conscripts)Шаблон:Cn

Office of the Commander in Chief

Combat Command of the Air Force

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The Delphos building, designed by the Division of Infrastructure of the Logistics Command

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 (Шаблон:Lang) in Santiago

Third Air Brigade with headquarters in El Tepual Air Base (Шаблон:Lang) in Puerto Montt

  • 5th Aviation Squadron
  • 25th Air Defense Squadron
  • 35th Telecommunications Squadron

Fourth Air Brigade with headquarters in Chabunco Air Base (Шаблон:Lang) in Punta Arenas

  • 6th Aviation Squadron
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F-16D Block 50M of Chilean Air Force
  • 12th Aviation Squadron
  • 23rd Air Defense Squadron
  • 33rd Telecommunications Squadron
  • 19th Antarctic Exploration Squadron

Fifth Air Brigade with headquarters in Cerro Moreno Air Base (Шаблон:Lang) 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 (Шаблон:Lang), comparable to a United States Air Force Combat Control Team.Шаблон:Cn They may be up to 350 strong, and their roles include assault, reconnaissance, Air Traffic Control, Fire Support, and Command, control, and communications.Шаблон:Cn

Aircraft

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Aircraft

Current inventory

Файл:Chile Air Force Northrop F-5E Tigre III Lofting-2 (cropped).jpg
A Chilean Air Force F-5E in flight
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The EB-707 Condor surveillance aircraft
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A Bell 412 on lift off
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
Northrop F-5 United States fighter F-5E 13[4] 3 F-5F’s provide conversion training
F-16 Fighting Falcon United States multirole F-16A/C/D 46 11 F-16B’s provide conversion training[4]
AWACS
E-3D Sentry United States AEW&C E-3D 3[5] Donated by the Royal Air Force in 2022.
Boeing 707 United States AEW 1 system developed by IAI – 1 on order[4]
Tanker
KC-135 Stratotanker United States aerial refueling KC-135E/R 3 / 3[4]
Transport
Boeing 737 United States VIP transport 1[4]
Boeing 767 United States VIP / transport 1[6][7]
Learjet 35 United States utility / reconnaissance CJ1 4[4]
Cessna Citation United States VIP CJ1 4[4]
C-130 Hercules United States transport C-130B/H 3[4]
CASA C-212 Spain utility / transport 3[4]
DHC-6 Twin Otter Canada utility transport 12[4] one used for reconnaissance
Helicopters
Bell 412 United States utility 15[4]
Bell UH-1 United States utility UH-1H 10[4]
Sikorsky UH-60 United States utility S-70i 6[4]
Trainer Aircraft
Bell 206 United States rotorcraft trainer 5[4]
T-35 Pillán Chile trainer 31[4]
Cirrus SR22 United States trainer 8[4]
CASA C-101 Spain jet trainer 19[4]
Embraer EMB 314 Brazil advanced trainer 22[4]
UAV
Hermes 900 Israel surveillance 3[8]

Industry

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ENAER T-35 Pillán

Chile also maintains its own aviation industry, ENAER. The design of the T-35 Pillán trainer, based on the Piper PA-28R Saratoga, is the best known example, seeing some export success as well. Furthermore, the assembly of the A-36/T-36 Halcón (CASA C-101) was achieved as well. Performing maintenance on most types in the current inventory, such as minor modifications on F-5E aircraft for example, the industry is of significant importance to the air force. ENAER is reported to be in talks with Embraer of Brazil to codesign the first indigenous South American military transport plane. Also, under the Pacer Amstel programme, with initial Dutch support, and later locally ENAER upgraded an F-16 combat jet, which for the Chilean Air Force is an advance for their maintenance of the F-16 fleet (becoming the 5th country to modify their jets under authorization).

Ranks

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Officers
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Enlisted
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Badges

Officers

Officer[9] Line Corps
Badge Файл:Aire.svg Файл:FACh.Ingenieros.svg Файл:FACh.Defensa Antiaérea.svg Файл:FACh.Telecomunicaciones e Informática.svg Файл:FACh.Administración.svg Файл:FACh.Base Aérea.svg
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[9] Services/Staff Corps
Badge Файл:FACh.Justicia.svg Файл:FACh.Sanidad.svg Файл:FACh.Servicio Religioso.svg Файл:FACh.Bandas.svg Файл:FACh.Servicios Generales.svg
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 Doctors, Nurses and Dentists
of various specialties
 Chaplains Musicians Professional workers and civilian employees

Non-commissioned officers and airmen

NCOs and airmen of the[9] Line Corps Services Corps
Badge Файл:Suboficiales.png -
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[10] Air Generals and Air Commodores Colonels and Group Commanders Ensigns through Squadron Commanders
Full dress Файл:Gorras FACh1- Oficial General Gala -.svg Файл:Gorras FACh2- Oficial CDA CDG Gala -.svg Файл:Gorras FACh3 - Oficial CDE a ALF Gala -.svg
Service dress Файл:Gorras FACh1- Oficial General Servicio -.svg Файл:Gorras FACh2- Oficial CDA CDG Servicio -.svg Файл:Gorras FACh3 - Oficial CDE a ALF Servicio -.svg
Rank Air General Aviation General Air Brigade General Air Commodore Aviation Colonel Group Commander Squadron Commander Flight Captain Lieutenant Sublieutenant Ensign

Notes

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Bibliography

External links

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Шаблон:FFAA Chile Шаблон:Cl-avia Шаблон:Chile topics Шаблон:Air forces in Latin America Шаблон:Air forces Шаблон:Authority control

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  1. ↑ Salitre 2014 Exercise in Chile promotes cooperation among five air forces Шаблон:Webarchive Dialogo Americas 2014
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  4. ↑ 4,00 4,01 4,02 4,03 4,04 4,05 4,06 4,07 4,08 4,09 4,10 4,11 4,12 4,13 4,14 4,15 4,16 4,17 Шаблон:Cite news
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  9. ↑ 9,0 9,1 9,2 Шаблон:Cite web
  10. ↑ Grados Шаблон:Webarchive
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