The quest for the “Chilean Mach Loop” goes on…
For the nearly twenty years we've covered Chile's most relevant national commemoration, the Great Military Parade (Gran Parada Militar), we've tried to find new and...
The first “Chilean Viper trainer”
After a protracted competition designated Fighter 2000 (Caza 2000) pitting US, French, Swedish and Russian candidates, the F-16 Fighting Falcon was selected by the Chilean...
FIDA’84: When FIDAE first felt like “the Latin American Salon de Le Bourget“
Forty years ago, FIDAE lacked the final “E” in its acronym and didn’t cater for many of the market segments that are usually served in the 21st Century. One of our senior correspondents was there in March 1984 and brings back images, stories and recollections gathered on a week-long stay in Santiago for his first of 10+ visits to the show.
Domestic security crisis boosts Chilean Carbineers rotary wings expansion and Airbus Helicopters bonanza
The pressing need to improve domestic security is prompting several Chilean government bodies to try and innovate to fund the acquisition of helicopters that will...
Wanted dead or alive: Chilean 9/11 Hawker Hunters
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of their last military coup d’etat, Chile’s government presses on trying to identify and expose the names of pilots of the 09/11/1973 attacks and does so by bounty-hunting for the nation’s surviving Hawker Hunter fighters.
Airbus set to win Chilean Carbineers training helicopter contract with no competition?
Exclusive research by Gaceta Aeronáutica reveals that European manufacturer Airbus is set to win a Chilean Carbineers request for quotations that will result in thr retirement of the Bell 206 JetRanger as the service’s primary helicopter pilot training platform.
The Chilean F-16 that “shot down” a British Sea Harrier
Unique among 30 former Dutch F-16s purchased by Chile at the beginning of the XXI Century is an example which can claim to have shot down a British naval fighter “in combat”… read on!
A Chilean approach to air war over the Beagle Channel
Largely unnoticed by mass media and most specialist outlets, Chile's Air Force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile, or FACH) recently released the first edition of its...
FIDAE 2014 participating aircraft
Follow our complete list of aircraft attending FIDAE 2014, the 18th International Air & Space Fair, held in Santiago de Chile 25 through 30 March 2014.
Cruzex Flight 2013: learning to fight together
[gallery type="rectangular" ids="4046,4047,4048,4049,4050" orderby="rand"] Between November 4-15 2013, the seventh edition of the Cruzeiro do Sul Exercise (Cruzex) took place in Natal, Brazil over areas...