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Texas Air Guard represents US in Chile's Salitre exercise
Oct 14, 2014 - Chilean president Michelle Bachelet was on-hand to officially kick off Exercise Salitre 2014 at Cerro Moreno Air Base on the northern coast of Chile. [Read more...]
Chilean F-16 crash lands at Cerro Moreno
Oct 09, 2013 - A Chilean F-16A block 20 crashed landed at Antofagasta’s Cerro Moreno International Airport (ANF) in Northern Chile today during the early hours. One of the tires blew out during takeoff forcing the pilot - who is unharmed - to make an emergency landing. [Read more...]
FACh trains with 149 FW
Nov 04, 2012 - About 50 members of the Chilean Air Force participated in a training exercise with the Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing here, Oct. 24-26, 2012, as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program. [Read more...]
FaCh F-16s test AIDEWS
Sep 11, 2012 - ITT Exelis announced it had performed a successful demonstration of its Advanced Defensive Electronic Warfare System (AIDEWS) with F-16s from the Chilean Air Force. [Read more...]
Chilean F-16BM makes belly landing
Mar 30, 2012 - An F-16B MLU of the Chilean Air Force (FACh) encountered a problem during landing at its home base of Cerro Moreno near the city of Antofagasta in the north of Chile on March 30, 2012. Hydraulic failure prevented the landing gear from being extended, forcing the aircraft to perform a belly landing. [Read more...]
Final Ex-Dutch F-16s delivered to Chile
Aug 30, 2011 - The final batch of surplus & refurbished F-16s left Volkel Air Base on Monday, 29 August 2011 heading to there new home in Chile. Thus ending a contract agreed between the governments of the Netherlands and Chile in early June 2009. [Read more...]
Dutch F-16 belly lands at Charleroi-Gosselies airport
Apr 08, 2011 - Earlier this morning Dutch F-16 #J-640 from 312 squadron belly landed at Charleroi-Gosselies airport. [Read more...]
Daedalus Aviation Group completed first FACh Pacer Amstel modification
Jan 21, 2011 - On January 6th 2011 Daedalus Aviation Group completed their first Chilean F-16 structural "Pacer Amstel" modification after an uneventful, successful Functional Check Flight from Cerro Moreno Air Base in Chile. [Read more...]
Fokker Aircraft Services celebrates 1111th F-16 to be maintained
Nov 30, 2010 - Fokker Aircraft Services (FAS) is celebrating the 1111th F-16 to undergo maintenance at its facility. The jet belongs to the Royal Norwegian Air Force and arrived at Fokker Aircraft Service's hangars this November where it will undergo a 300 FH Phase Inspection. [Read more...]
Texas Air Guard and Czechs fly together
Oct 03, 2009 - The unmistakable red, white and blue flag -- the flag with one star, a lone star -- swayed back and forth on the flagpole, wisped by the breeze that floats across the former Soviet territory . [Read more...]
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