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Chilean Air Force
Coat of arms of the Chilean Air Force.svg
Coat of arms of the Chilean Air Force
Founded March 21, 1930
Country Chile
Part of Chilean Armed Forces
Motto(s) "Quam celerrime ad astra"
Commanders
Current
commander		 General del Aire (Air General) Jorge Rojas Avila
Insignia
Roundel Chilean Air Force roundel.svg Roundel of Chile low visibility.svg
Roundel 1918-1930 Roundel of Chile 1918.svg
Aircraft flown
Attack Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon
Electronic
warfare		 707 Cóndor AEW&C
Fighter Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon, Northrop F-5E Tiger III
Trainer T-35 Pillán, Super Tucano, T-36 Halcon
Transport UH-1H Huey, Bell 412EP, UH-60 Black Hawk, C-130 Hercules

The Chilean Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea de Chile, FACh) is the air force of Chile, a branch of the Chilean military.

Gallery

  • Ciudad Parque Bicentenario - 13

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

  • Chilean F-16 Fidae 2006

    F-16D Block 50/52+ of Chilean Air Force

  • S5033138a1

    A Chilean Boeing 707 with a Phalcon radar fitted to its nose and sides.

  • Hermes 900

    Elbit Hermes 900 UAV.

  • First Chilean Air Force KC-135E at Santiago 2010

    The first Chilean KC-135E at Santiago, in February 2010.

  • FACH Halcones

    Hawks High Aerobatics Squad Halcones.

  • US Navy 070901-N-1713L-013 2nd Lt. Hanz Zimmermann, a Panamanian T-35 pilot, stands near his aircraft after returning to Tocumen International Airport from maritime surveillance as part of the Combined Forces Air Combatant Comm

    ENAER T-35 Pillán

Related pages

  • Military of Chile

Images for kids

  • Ciudad Parque Bicentenario - 13

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

  • Chilean F-16 Fidae 2006

    F-16D Block 50M of Chilean Air Force

  • Chile Air Force Northrop F-5E Tigre III Lofting-2 (cropped)

    A Chilean Air Force F-5E in flight

  • EB-707 Condor, Chilean Air Force (FACh) v2

    The EB-707 Condor surveillance aircraft

  • Bell 412 Chilean Air Force (FACh)

    A Bell 412 on lift off

  • Nasams lchr truck

    Chile acquired three NASAMS systems like this one.

  • GBU-24 xxl

    Paveway III laser guided bomb

  • Mk-84 xxl

    Mark 84 general purpose bomb

  • US Navy 070901-N-1713L-013 2nd Lt. Hanz Zimmermann, a Panamanian T-35 pilot, stands near his aircraft after returning to Tocumen International Airport from maritime surveillance as part of the Combined Forces Air Combatant Comm

    ENAER T-35 Pillán

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Fuerza Aérea de Chile para niños

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