The new premises, built with SOUTHCOM support, will facilitate training tasks for disaster relief and allocation of humanitarian assistance.Salvadoran authorities inaugurated the Administrative and Training Center for Emergencies (CAEE, in Spanish) of the General Directorate of Civil Protection (DGPC, in Spanish) on May 15, 2018, with the support of U.S. [ … ]
Capacity Building
Brazilian Navy Receives Upgraded Fighter Jet
The AF-1C is the first of seven Brazilian Navy aircraft Embraer will upgrade by 2020. The Brazilian Navy’s (MB, in Portuguese) 1st Attack and Interceptor Jet Squadron (VF-1 Squadron), will soon have the first upgraded, dual-seat fighter jet A-4 Skyhawk. Dubbed AF-1C and registered as N-1022, the aircraft arrived at [ … ]
Female Officer Breaks Stereotypes in Paraguayan Armed Forces
For the first time in the history of the Paraguayan Armed Forces, a female officer takes an elite course. With a shaved head, camouflaged face, and a 25-kilogram backpack on, Paraguayan Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Magali Elisa María Caballero Prieto is ready for action. She is physically and mentally prepared [ … ]
Colombian Helicopter School Welcomes SOUTHCOM Delegation
The successful standardization of the training program enables the school, considered the region’s epicenter for rotorcraft pilot education, to grow. A delegation of eight representatives from U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) Air Force Technical Assistance Field Team (TAFT), visited the Colombian Armed Forces Coronel Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez Zuluaga Helicopter School (EHFFAA, [ … ]
Honduras Hosts Regional Humanitarian Aid Course
Central American armed forces build up skills to save lives during natural disasters. Central American military officers took part in a regional course in Honduras to enhance their rescue knowledge and standards. For nearly a month, service members of each member country of the Central American Armed Forces Conference (CFAC, [ … ]
Brazilian Air Force Conducts Unprecedented Irregular Warfare Training Exercise
The 16-day Operational Exercise Tápio involved 700 service members and 42 aircraft. The irregular warfare exercise consisted of fighting against insurgent groups, paramilitary organizations, and resistance movements. The Brazilian Air Force’s (FAB, in Portuguese) Operational Exercise (EXOP, in Portuguese) Tápio, which included scenarios similar to peacekeeping missions of the United [ … ]
Argentina Bolsters Radar System ahead of G20 Summit
The new sensors will be vital to the security of the world leader summit to be held at the end of 2018 in Buenos Aires. Argentina is building up its radar system to guarantee adequate airspace surveillance during the G20 leaders’ summit slated for November 30 and December 1, 2018, [ … ]
SOUTHCOM Brings New Horizons to Panama
Panamanian communities receive aid during a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored humanitarian campaign. Panamanian communities in need benefitted from humanitarian assistance provided through a U.S. Southern Command- (SOUTHCOM) sponsored development assistance campaign. The New Horizons 2018 exercise, conducted in coordination with the U.S. Embassy in Panama and the Panamanian government, began April [ … ]
Jamaica’s New Recruit Program Bears Fruit
The Jamaica Defence Force’s new recruit program keeps youth off the streets and instills morale, responsibility, and compassion. A group of Jamaican soldiers, the first under the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) revamped recruit program, is set to graduate in July 2018. The Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC), JDF’s new standard [ … ]
Colombian Air Force Ramps Up UAV Program
Successful operations against national and transnational threats prompted the Air Force to add new squadrons and manufacture its own equipment. The Colombian Air Force (FAC, in Spanish) brings forth a program designed to increase the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which provide real-time information to a ground-based team. FAC [ … ]
Brazilian Army Offers International Cyberdefense Training
The Third International Cyberdefense Workshop for Partner Nation Officers brought together representatives from 17 countries to share their knowledge. The Electronic Warfare Training Center (CIGE, in Portuguese), a unit of the Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) headquartered in Brasilia, Federal District, held the Third International Cyberdefense Workshop for Partner Nation [ … ]
Colombian Army Aviation Branch Inducts First Female Helicopter Pilot
The officer is equipped with the knowledge, skills, and abilities for quick and effective response on her missions. After nine months of training, Second Lieutenant Viviana Yesenia Forero Moncada of the Colombian Army Aviation Branch finished her military rotorcraft pilot course in Bell TH-67 Creek aircraft on April 6, 2018. [ … ]