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Colombia hosted the exercises "Angel of the Andes, 2015"


(Defensa.com) recovery exercises and emergency response personnel and disaster "Angel de los Andes 2015", taking place from 17 to 28 August, are led by National Personnel Recovery Center of the Colombian Air Force They develop in the Air Combat Command No. 1, located in Puerto Salgar, Cundinamarca, and the Air Combat Command No. 5 in Rionegro, Antioquia.

With the participation of the Colombian Air Force, Civil Defense and countries like Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, United States, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Dominican Republic, these exercises are performed for the first time in Colombia and is expected to the contribution that can give the host country is of great importance due to the great experience in this kind of missions carried out by the FAC daily under the internal conflict in the last decades and has allowed some way, define very precise protocols that can be shared with other participating countries.

250 members of the Colombian Air Force, 61 foreign soldiers and 20 Civil Defence volunteers conducted search and rescue missions for crash recovery of a pilot ejected, humanitarian assistance and natural disaster recovery staff attack on military convoy.

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The M-113 Uruguayan Army in support of the country's population after heavy flooding


(Defensa.com) Lieutenant General Pablo Galarza Armored Cavalry No. 2 Uruguayan National Army is supporting the Emergency Coordination Center Durazno. Have affected this official work, cooks, ranchers, drivers, support for personal belongings to victims, armed with tents, nurses, rations and other related activities. In addition, vehicles armored personnel carrier M-113 cross the flooded areas thanks to its amphibious capability. The Air Force, meanwhile, made a reconnaissance flight to display log and take the situation to determine what were the most affected areas or flood risk in a helicopter Bell UH-1H "Iroquois" Squadron No. May I arrived from the Air Brigade I (Carrasco) .C, and other outlets in fixed wing aircraft.

Since last August 13 the Army and the FAU are supporting the National Emergency System evacuating people, for which the use of vehicles and troops set out trying to mitigate the consequences of this event. Tents have also been mounted in the sports complex is located in the stadium of the city of Durazno (in the Midwest), where families are evacuated, for which Army personnel, performs the tasks of developing Food, in collaboration with the regional authorities. For this field kitchens, which are in place in ongoing support during the camp to remain in operation are used.


The Air II Air Force Brigade, located as well in the nearby town of Santa Bernardina, actively participates as a member of the Departmental Emergency Committee in the mission is being carried out due to the flooding of the Yi River. They are intended trucks belonging to it, with strengthened provisions drivers, as well as working full of officers and enlisted personnel of the unit, to support the different tasks. On the other hand, they have begun to use the facilities of Advanced Flight Squadron to safeguard the belongings of the evacuees across the country that would be about 8,500 to nearly 5,500 in these central areas.

Meanwhile the National Fire Brigade (DNB) participated in more than 25 interventions as a result of adverse weather conditions, which is announced, will continue next week. Local heads of it are working with emergency coordination centers in monitoring this weather condition which affects much of the country. The National Highway Patrol reported that as a result of abundant rains in the past few hours, and cut more than 10 routes were recorded. The Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology predicts new rainfall and thunderstorms in most of the country.


Police work develops a constant monitoring of the situation of people who are housed in the tents that the Ministry of Defence set up at the municipal stadium of peach, both to inform the other institutions on the health of each, and to preserve security and coexistence in the place, which has been developing normally. Various health teams run through shelters and perform actions on health promotion, disease prevention and epidemiological monitoring, especially when the treatment plant is virtually under water. The Navy has also arranged for the various detachments of the National Naval Prefecture collaboration render all the people in these circumstances and remain on alert.

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Hey Mirage, what's up with this? Argentina going to retire it's 16(?) Mirage jets this fall? That would leave the airforce really thinned out. Hopefully that provides some funds for a follow on type.

Also, the 5 C-130H are reported as currently being upgraded with new avionics.

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Source: Flightglobal.com - a day ago

Argentina is reportedly planning to retire its air force's mixed fleet of

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Mirage fighters in November, as budget constraints force the government to make cuts to its inventory.

Pictures have surfaced of the Argentine Mirages’ participating in a retirement ceremony observed by air force chief Brig Gen Miguel Callejos, although the fleet will remain in service for a further three months.

The decommissioning of the Mirages will leave Buenos Aires with a capability gap, although Uruguayan media reports that a replacement will be sought, subject to funding availability.

The air force’s fleet consists of eight Mirage IIIs, four Mirage 5s and four Mirage 5-derived Israel Aerospace Industries Neshers, Flightglobal’s Fleets Analyzer database shows. ...[/URL]

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Hey Mirage, what's up with this? Argentina going to retire it's 16(?) Mirage jets this fall? That would leave the airforce really thinned out. Hopefully that provides some funds for a follow on type.

Also, the 5 C-130H are reported as currently being upgraded with new avionics.

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Yes, that is true. The aircraft are already “retired” and not in front line service. There are only about five aircraft that are air worthy. A very sad state of affairs indeed.

The aircraft were scheduled for retirement in 2008, and then extended to 2010 then we were all told that a new fighter would be operational by 2014. Well we are well into 2015 and there is still no replacement. What about the Mirages, well five +/- are operational (zero combat value) and the rest are waiting for the decommission ceremony (hopefully they will fly).


That basically leaves the A-4AR as the only combat aircraft in inventory. Of the original 36 (32 A-4Ar and 4 trainers) only 3 trainers and 23 operational aircraft remain. 3 have had accidents and 6 are non-operational, waiting parts




Of the 40 IA-63 Pampa II that were being built, there are many completed airframes at FAdeA factory. They are equipped with the new Russian ejection seats. However they are waiting for the s


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Here is a video containing three sections. The first of an older A-4C disintegrating in flight; the second of an A-4AR losing an auxiliary external tank and the tip of the starboard wing and the third is of the crashed A-4AR trainer picture in the post above:


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Of the 40 IA-63 Pampa II that were being built, there are many completed airframes at FAdeA factory. They are equipped with the new Russian ejection seats. However they are waiting for the

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So is it correct that 18 "original" IA-63 are still in service? And then 40 more modern variants awaiting introduction?
I wasn't aware of those before. On wiki I found there's AT-63 "Phase 2" and "Phase 3" variants. What are those 40 mentioned by you?

CZ is a strategic partner in Peru of FAME in the assembly of 9mm pistols


(Defensa.com) CZ (Ceska Zbrojovka) factory in the Czech Republic, won the highest rating in Program Strategic Partner of the Factory of Arms and Munitions of the Army of Peru to implement an assembly line and manufacturing 9x19 mm guns. So far it is unknown whether his offer, whose investment amount was not disclosed, has already been approved by the Board of FAME and when signing the respective agreement was made. Despite the scarcity of information, could be the P09 pistol, made of high strength polymer, with a length of 205 mm., 115 barrel (4.7 ") and weight of 840 grams. Its effective range is 50 m.

FAME launched in early June a technical requirement in the form of public tender to select a strategic partner to mount an assembly line 9mm pistols., To access and penetrate the domestic captive market. The extremely complex and unclear process integrated basis, indicated that FAME aims to achieve a joint venture agreement, whereby the member must fully assume financial investment (as collateral presenting a letter performance bond equivalent to 10 percent supply) throughout the life of society (estimated at 15 years) and that the line of manufacturing and assembly shall be mounted to nine months of the signing of the respective contract, provided, among others, the production component National parties is 20 percent minimum and to be produced in days of 8 hours, not less than 50 guns. Technology transfer should include, among others, the actual ability to build guns for domestic and foreign markets and the know-how acquired, so that, once the association can assemble and manufacture guns as well as obtain international certifications .

A review of the bidding rules, which were not accompanied by any market research or financial report makes clear that the potential market of FAME is limited to about 200 or 300 units per year for the Armed Forces, for the National Superintendency of Control Security Services, Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives for Civil Use (SUCAMEC) expressly prohibits the use of weapons of 9 mm. by civilians and the Ministry of Interior (MININTER) currently has an ongoing international process, in the form government to government, in order to acquire an initial batch of 28,700 9mm pistols. for an approximate amount of $ 15 million for the National Police, which will be manufactured and supplied directly by the winning country.

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So is it correct that 18 "original" IA-63 are still in service? And then 40 more modern variants awaiting introduction?
I wasn't aware of those before. On wiki I found there's AT-63 "Phase 2" and "Phase 3" variants. What are those 40 mentioned by you?

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The 40 airframes that are under construction are the Phase 2. The phase three is a single seat version as a designated strike aircraft. At the current rate of aircraft acquisition the Phase three will end up being the fighter force.


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Argentine Army Combat Vehicles modernizes its self-propelled vehicles


(defensa.com) The commander of arsenals being conducted with the cooperation of private high-tech enterprises, the modernization of the VCA (Vehicle Self-Propelled Battle) supplied in two groups of artillery southern país.Recordemos that this vehicle is tower Palmaria produced by the Italian Oto Melara cannon with 155 MML41 on a chassis seven wheels TAM family. Major maintenance of the 18 pieces is improved automated electrohydraulic system for all units. Modernization, functional analysis of all hydraulic component, calibration and servo control.

Replacement for the original electronic PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) industrial and highly sophisticated, the System 300S system is realized as an element Ultrafast control of Siemens. All control sensors and terminals are also replaced with LCD Touch Screen display. The installation of this equipment occur integration and connectivity to other towers, throwing centers or internet and portable devices is accomplished, remember that self-propelled artillery battery has VCPC (Fighting Vehicle As Command) and VCDT (Fighting Vehicle Manager Shooting) TAM chassis with a very modern fire control system of domestic manufacture that has yielded positive results, allowing interaction with forward observers, directors and shot batteries quickly and efficiently. Also notice an alarm fault, an improvement of safety equipment, excellent positioning system, as well as an improvement in the system of missile attack and positioning the pieces of 155 mm is also installed.

Night vision equipment and target acquisition of groups of forward observation of these groups of artillery, consisting of jeeps Mercedes Benz MB-230G, specially adapted for this task are updated. Keep in mind that the effectiveness of an artillery group depends not only on a canyon but a complex team that acquires the white distance, fast and secure communications, receiving appropriate to a sophisticated data center and mobile computer, which includes the use of UAVs Lipán for an accurate shot, all this in a few minutes from order to fire on a target. Installation of Palmaria towers on a TAM chassis allows integration with other vehicles in the family VC achieving major maintenance facility that reduces costs and increases system reliability.

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Peru approves legislation Defense National Airspace allowing shooting down aircraft in illegal activities


(Defensa.com) The Congress of the Republic of Peru has approved the Law on Control, National Security and Defense Aerospace, which will resume interception and shooting down aircraft engaged in illicit drug trafficking (TID). The rule, to be published Friday in the newspaper "El Peruano" and governed from the day, defined, as we advance in defensa.com, Airspace and Defense Identification Zone Air -ADIZ PERU (which It extends to the first twelve miles from the maritime domain) as well as the circumstances in which an aircraft, both civil and military, may be declared "hostile".

So, it will be considered as such aircraft to enter national airspace and not identified, which does not respect the established air corridors, which does not have any distinctive nationality and registration or who has fake badges, entering a prohibited area or flying at an altitude less than 3,000 feet within 40 m of a radar station or military installation, operating from unauthorized tracks without flight plan rather that there is evidence or suspicion that carries weapons, ammunition or explosives It is being used to Illicit Drug Trafficking


The procedures for interception and shooting down aircraft will be established by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) - prior opinion of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces (CCFFAA) - according to the AP 91 (Aeronautics Peruvian regulation): Flight Rules and General Operation. Employment and use of force in interception procedures shall be regulated by the CCFFAA strategic level and tactical-operational level by the Air Force of Peru. Interception Operations, plus a Radar Surveillance and Early Warning AN / TPS-70, borne by the Cessna A-37B / OA-37B Dragonfly Air Group No. 7.

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