The Air Force of Chile ( Spanish: Fuerza Aérea de Chile ) is one of the branches of the armed forces of the Republic of Chile .
| Fuerza Aérea de Chile Chile Air Force | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of the Air Force of Chile | |
| Years of existence | since March 21, 1930 [1] |
| A country |  Chile |
| Subordination | Ministry of National Defense of Chile |
| Included in | Chilean Armed Forces |
| Type of | Air Force |
| Motto | Quam Celerrime ad Astra lat Swiftly to the stars |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Lieutenant General Ricardo Ortega Perrier Spanish General del Aire Ricardo Ortega Perrier [2] [3] |
| Famous commanders | Gustavo Lee Guzman Fernando Mattei |
| Site | |
History
In its present form, exist since March 21, 1930 , when the decree of the President of the Republic, the aviation services of the land forces and the Navy of Chile were merged into the Aviation Chancellery ( Spanish Subsecretaría de Aviasión ), which in the future became the air force of Chile.
Structure
The Air Force includes fighter-bomber, fighter, reconnaissance, transport and auxiliary aviation, combined into aviation brigades, as well as air defense forces and equipment, and rear services agencies and units. The territory of the country is divided into four zones of responsibility of the command of the air force. The operational management of the units and units deployed in each zone is carried out by the headquarters of the aviation brigade. The main tactical unit of the Chilean Air Force is the aviation wing, which consists of two to three aviation groups and individual squadrons. In total, the Air Force has five non-uniform air wings. In addition, the Chilean Air Force has one group of transport planes, one training aircraft and a separate communications group.
| Chile Air Force Commander ( Spanish: Comandante en Jefe de la FACH ) ( Air Force General - Spanish General Del Aire ) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Services subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force ( Spanish: Comandancia en Jefe ), headquarters in Santiago Secretary ( Air Force Commodore - isp. Comodoro , corresponds to Brigadier General) | |||||||
| Main Secretariat ( Spanish Secretaría General de la FACH ), headquarters in Santiago ( Commodore Air Force - isp. Comodoro , corresponds to brigadier general) | Chief Inspectorate ( Spanish Inspectoría General de la FACH ), headquarters in Santiago ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish: General de Brigada Aérea , corresponds to Major General) | Main Internal Audit Service ( Spanish Auditoría General ), headquarters in Santiago ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish: General de Brigada Aérea , corresponds to Major General) | Department of Public Relations ( Spanish: Departamento Comunicacional ), headquarters in Santiago ( Aviation Colonel - Spanish Coronel de Aviación ) | ||||
| The main headquarters of the Air Force ( Spanish: Estado Mayor General ), headquarters in Santiago ( General Aviation - Spanish General de Aviación ) | |||||||
| Operations Directorate ( Dirección de Operaciones ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Intelligence Directorate ( Dirección de Inteligencia ), Director of Intelligence is also Commander de la Guarnición General Aérea de Santiago ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Directorate of Personnel and Logistics ( Dirección de Personal y Logística ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Directorate of Planning and Doctrine ( Dirección de Planificación y Doctrina ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Financial Directorate ( Dirección de Finanzas ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Directorate of International Cooperation ( Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales ) ( Commodore Air Force - Spanish Comodoro ) | Headquarters submission services :
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| FORCES | |||||||
| Combat Command ( Spanish: Comando de Combate ) ( General Aviation - Spanish General de Aviación ) | Santiago | ||||||
| 1st Air Force Brigade ( Spanish I Brigada Aérea ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Condor Air Base, Iquique | ||||||
| 1st Aviation Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Aviación N ° 1 ) A-36 Toqui , A-29B Super Tucano | |||||||
| 2nd Aviation Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Aviación N ° 2 ) | C-212-200 Aviocar , Bell 412EP , Cirrus SR22T , Hermes 900 | Condor Air Base, Iquique | |||||
| 3rd Aviation Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Aviación N ° 3 ) | F-16C / D Block 50+ | Condor Air Base, Iquique | |||||
| 24th Air Defense Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Defensa Antiaérea N ° 24 ) | NASAMS , MANPADS Javelin , MANPADS Mistral | Condor Air Base, Iquique | |||||
| 34th Telecommunication and Discovery Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Telecomunicaciones y Detección N ° 34 ) | Condor Air Base, Iquique | ||||||
| 44th Air Infantry Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Infantería de Aviación Nº44 ) | Condor Air Base, Iquique | ||||||
| 54th Aviation Technical Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Mantenimiento Nº 54 ) | Condor Air Base, Iquique | ||||||
| 4th Base Wing ( Spanish Ala Base Nº4 ) | Condor Air Base, Iquique | ||||||
| 5th Air Force Brigade ( Spanish V V Brigada Aérea ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta | ||||||
| 7th Aviation Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Aviación N ° 7 ) | F-16am | ||||||
| 8th Aviation Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Aviación N ° 8 ) | F-16AM / BM , C-212-300DF Aviocar , Bell 412EP , Cirrus SR22T | Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta | |||||
| 21st Air Defense Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Defensa Antiaérea N ° 21 ) | Mistral, FAM-2M, Oerlikon K63 twin 35mm | Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta | |||||
| 31st Telecommunication and Discovery Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Telecomunicaciones y Detección N ° 31 ) | Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta | ||||||
| 41st Air Infantry Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Infantería de Aviación Nº41 ) | Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta | ||||||
| 51st Aviation Technical Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Mantenimiento Nº 51 ) | Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta | ||||||
| 1st Base Wing ( Spanish Ala Base Nº1 ) | Cerro Moreno Air Base, Antofagasta | ||||||
| 2nd Air Force Brigade ( Spanish II Brigada Aérea ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Santiago Air Base | ||||||
| 9th Aviation Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Aviación N ° 9 ) | S-70i , Bell 412EP , UH-1H , Bell 206B | ||||||
| 10th Aviation Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Aviación N ° 10 ) | EB-707 Cóndor , KC-135E , C-130B / H Hercules , Boeing 767-300ER , Boeing 737-300 / 500 , Gulfstream IV | Santiago Air Base | |||||
| 32nd Telecommunication and Discovery Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Telecomunicaciones y Detección N ° 32 ) | Santiago Air Base | ||||||
| 2nd Base Wing ( Spanish Ala Base Nº2 ) | Santiago Air Base | ||||||
| Anti-aircraft artillery regiment ( Spanish: Regimiento de Artillería Antiaérea ) | Oerlikon K63 twin 35mm, Aérospatiale-Matra Mistral, M-163 A1, M-167 A1 | The regiment includes the Air Force Special Forces Group ( Grupo de Operaciones Espaciales ). It includes:
| Quintero Air Base | ||||
| Search and Rescue Link ( Spanish: Escuadrilla del Servicio de Búsqueda y Salvamento Aéreo (SAR) ) | O-2A Skymaster | Easter Island | |||||
| 3rd Air Force Brigade ( Spanish III Brigada Aérea ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | El Tepual Airbase, Puerto Montt | ||||||
| 5th Aviation Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Aviación N ° 5 ) | Cessna 525 , DHC-6-100 / 300 , Sikorsky S-70A-39 , UH-1H | The group is a combat training group, including the Tactical School of Large-Motor Aircraft ( Escuela Táctica Multimotores ), Cessna 525 aircraft performs instrumental training flights | |||||
| 25th Air Defense Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Defensa Antiaérea N ° 25 ) | Javelin, Mistral, FAM-2M, Aérospatiale-Matra Mistral | ||||||
| 35th Telecommunication and Discovery Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Telecomunicaciones y Detección N ° 35 ) | |||||||
| Makehe Air Base, Temuco | Minor brigade airfield | Makehe Air Base, Temuco | |||||
| 4th Air Force Brigade ( Isp. IV Brigada Aérea ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Chabunco Air Base, Punta Arenas | ||||||
| 6th Aviation Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Aviación Nº6 ) | DHC-6-300 , Bell 412SP | ||||||
| 12th Aviation Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Aviación Nº12 ) | F-5E / F Tiger III | Chabunco Air Base, Punta Arenas | |||||
| 19th Antarctic Research Aviation Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Exploración Antártica Nº19 ) | DHC-6-300 , Bell 412SP | Teniente Marsh Airport | |||||
| 23rd Air Defense Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Defensa Antiaérea N ° 23 ) | Javelin, Mistral, FAM-2M, Aérospatiale-Matra Mistral | Chabunco Air Base, Punta Arenas | |||||
| 33rd Telecommunication and Discovery Group ( Spanish: Grupo de Telecomunicaciones y Detección N ° 33 ) | Chabunco Air Base, Punta Arenas | ||||||
| Aerocartographic service “General Juan Soler Manfredini” ( Spanish: Servicio Aerofotogramétrico "Gral. Juan Soler Manfredini" (SAF) ) ( Aviation Colonel - Spanish Coronel de Aviación ) | Santiago Air Base | ||||||
Directorate of AKC ( Spanish Dirección SAF )
| LR-35A , DHC-6-100 | The service rank corresponds to the teams and it also includes:
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| Rear Command ( Spanish: Comando Logístico ) ( General Aviation - Spanish General de Aviación ) | Santiago | ||||||
| Air Support Division ( Spanish: División de Abastecimiento ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Santiago | ||||||
| Armament Repair and Support Division ( Spanish: División de Ingeniería y Apoyo Sistemas de Armas ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Santiago | ||||||
| Infrastructure Division ( Spanish: División de Infraestructura ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Santiago | ||||||
| Rear Transport and Services Division ( Spanish: División de Transporte y Servicios ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Santiago | ||||||
| Development and Project Division ( Spanish: División de Desarrollo y Proyectos ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Santiago | ||||||
| Los Serrios Air Base ( Spanish: Base Aérea Los Cerrillos ) | Cerrillos (Santiago) | ||||||
| Chile Air Force Mission in Washington ( Spanish Misión Aérea en Washington ) | Embassy of Chile in the USA | ||||||
| State-owned enterprise ENAER ( Empresa Nacional de Aeronáutica de Chile ( ENAER-Chile )) | El Bosque Air Base (Santiago) | ||||||
| Command of the personnel ( Spanish: Comando de Personal ) ( General Aviation - Spanish General de Aviación ) | Santiago | ||||||
| Personnel Division ( Spanish: División de Recursos Humanos ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Santiago | ||||||
| Training Division ( Spanish: División de Educación ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) |
| El Bosque Air Base (Santiago) | |||||
| Sanitary Services Division ( Spanish: División de Sanidad ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | (Hospital Institucional General de Brigada Aérea Doctor Raúl Yazigi Jauregui) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Santiago | |||||
| Social Services Division ( Spanish: División de Bienestar Social ) ( Air Force Brigade General - Spanish General de Brigada Aérea ) | Santiago | ||||||
| Clinical Hospital ( Spanish Hospital Clínico ) | Santiago | ||||||
| El Bosque Air Base ( Spanish: Base Aérea El Bosque ) | Chilean Air Force Demo Team ( Spanish: Grupo de Presentaciones de la Fuerza Aérea de Chile )
| The group also includes:
| El Bosque Air Base (Santiago) | ||||
Outside the Air Force structure:
- Director General of Civil Aviation (Executive Director General de Aeronáutica Civil ) ( General of Aviation - Executive General de Aviación )
- Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces ( Spanish Subjefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto ) ( Aviation General - Spanish General De Aviación )
- Director of Strategic Command and Control of the Joint Armed Forces of the Armed Forces ( Executive Director de Mando y Control Estratégico del Estado Mayor Conjunto ) ( General Aviation - Executive General de Aviación )
Base Points
- Los Condor Air Base (Condor) ( Spanish Base Aérea Los Cóndores, ) Iquique
Battle
| Designation of the formation or part | Armament and equipment | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Air Brigade | Iquique | |
| 2nd Air Brigade | ||
| 3rd Air Brigade | ||
| 4th Air Brigade | ||
| 5th Air Brigade |
Equipment and weapons
The data on the equipment and weapons of the Chilean Air Force were taken from the page of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine as of 2009 [5] .
| Type of | Production | Appointment | amount | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat aircraft | |||||
| Lockheed F-16C Lockheed F-16D | USA USA | multirole fighter training fighter | eleven | 10 new F-16 Block 50s delivered in 2006-2007 [6] | |
| Fokker F-16A Fokker F-16B | Netherlands Netherlands | multirole fighter training fighter | 31 | Acquired in 2006–2007 and 2010–2011 from the Netherlands Armed Forces [6] Block 20 | |
| Northrop f-5e Northrop f-5f | USA USA | multirole fighter training fighter | 13 3 | ||
| Observation aircraft | |||||
| Cessna o-2a | USA | observation plane | 3 | ||
| Cessna oa-37 | USA | attack observation aircraft | 7 | ||
| Aircraft AWACS | |||||
| IAI Phalcon | Israel | Aircraft AWACS | one | on the Boeing 707 platform | |
| Transport aircraft | |||||
| Beech 99a | USA | general purpose aircraft | 6 | ||
| Beech B100 | USA | general purpose aircraft | one | ||
| Boeing 707 Boeing 707-320C | USA USA | transport plane transport plane | one one | ||
| CASA C-212-200 CASA C-212-300 | Spain Spain | transport plane transport plane | 2 2 | ||
| Cessna CitationJet CJ1 | USA | administrative plane | four | ||
| De Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 | Canada Canada | transport plane transport plane | four 9 | ||
| Gulfstream iv | USA | administrative plane | one | ||
| Learningjet 35a | USA | administrative plane | 2 | ||
| Lockheed C-130B Lockheed C-130H | USA USA | transport plane transport plane | 3 five | ||
| Piper PA-28-236 | USA | general purpose aircraft | eleven | ||
| Raytheon 200 Raytheon 300 | USA USA | general purpose aircraft general purpose aircraft | one one | ||
| Training aircraft | |||||
| CASA C-101BB CASA C-101CC | Spain Spain | combat training aircraft combat training aircraft | four one | ||
| Enaer C-101BB Enaer C-101CC | Chile Chile | combat training aircraft combat training aircraft | 3 sixteen | Spanish plane CASA C-101 licensed in Chile | |
| Enaer T-35A Enaer T-35B | Chile Chile | training aircraft training aircraft | nineteen 14 | ||
| Extra 300L | Germany | sports plane | 6 | ||
| Helicopters | |||||
| Bell Helicopter Textron 206B | USA | transport helicopter | 3 | ||
| Bell Helicopter Textron 412 Bell Helicopter Textron 412EP | USA USA | transport helicopter transport helicopter | four 3 | ||
| Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1H | USA | transport helicopter | 13 | ||
| MBB BK 117B-1 | Germany | general purpose helicopter | one | ||
| MBB Bo 105 | Germany | general purpose helicopter | one | ||
| Sikorsky S-70A | USA | transport helicopter | one | ||
Identification Marks
Chilean Air Force Badge
Reduced visibility option
Sign on keel
Insignia
Generals and officers
| Categories [7] | Generals | Senior officers | Junior officers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoulder strap | |||||||||||
| Sleeve insignia | |||||||||||
| Chilean rank | General del aire | General de aviación | General de brigada aérea | Comodoro | Coronel de aviación | Comandante de grupo | Comandante de escuadrilla | Capitán de bandada | Teniente | Subteniente | Alférez |
| Russian conformity | Colonel General | Lieutenant general | Major general | not | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Ensign | Ensign |
Sergeants and soldiers
| Categories | Podofitsery | Foremen | Sergeants | Soldiers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoulder strap | not | not | not | not | not | not | |||
| Sleeve insignia | not | not | |||||||
| Chilean rank | Suboficial mayor | Suboficial | Sargento 1 ° | Sargento 2 ° | Cabo 1 ° | Cabo 2 ° | Cabo | Alumno | Soldado conscripto |
| Russian conformity | not | Foreman | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | not | not | Lance Sergeant | Corporal | Private |
Notes
- ↑ Historia Archived July 7, 2011.
- ↑ Comandante en Jefe de la Fuerza Aérea Archived August 7, 2009 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Comandante en Jefe Archived March 6, 2012 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ GobiernoTransparente - Estructura Orgánica . www.fach.mil.cl. Date of treatment June 5, 2019.
- ↑ Aviation Week & Space Technology , 2009 World Military Aircraft Inventory, Chile (link not available)
- ↑ 1 2 F-16 Air Forces - Chile :: F-16.net
- ↑ Grados Archived on December 5, 2010.
Links
- Chilean Air Force official page (Spanish)
- Aviation Week & Space Technology , 2009 World Military Aircraft Inventory, Chile (link not available )
See also
- Chile Navy Aviation