F-16 FACh Fighters and USAF JTAC Operators Star First CAS Mission in Southern Star

With the framework of the Combined Joint Exercise “Estrella Austral” 2025, the Chilean Air Force (FACh) began its first close air support operations from Cerro Moreno Air Base on the 28th of the current. The operation was attended by F-16 fighter aircraft belonging to the Va Brigada Aérea, which operated in conjunction with two U-28 Draco Pilates aircraft of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The main objective of these missions was to strengthen integr…

Combat aircraft Lockheed Martin F-16AM Block 15 MLU of the Chilean Air Force's Va Brigade (FACh), along with two United States Air Force (USAF) Pilatus U-28 Draco aircraft, carried out the first close air support mission (Close Air Support) on 28 May in the framework of the joint exercise of Special Forces Southern Star 2025.According to FACh, this training, carried out in the Antofagasta region, had as its main objective the integration and coo…