Senior members of Argentina's and Chile's air forces stressed the importance of regional collaboration between their countries to bolster South America's defence capabilities, particularly when it comes to humanitarian and peace-keeping duties.
Speaking at the US pavilion yesterday, General Jorge Dicoli, material commander of the Argentinian air force, said: "There are a lot of projects going on to make an integration of our defence forces."
Work and investment is under way at present with the aim of operational teams being deployed from 2010 if required, he said. "We will start in the area of community help for disasters under the flag of the United Nations," he said, as well as in fast reaction forces for peace-keeping duties, also under the direction of the UN. There is also work going on in IT co-operation and integration.
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Latin alliance: (left to right) director general of maintenance General Americo Pablo Baiutti and General Jorge Dicoli, material commander, of the Argentinian air force; Tom Kallman, chief executive of Kallman Worldwide; General Ricardo Ortega, commander of the Chilean air force; and General Jose Huepe, director general of Chile's DGAC. |
The Latin generals were invited to a briefing and networking session in the US pavilion by Kallman Worldwide, which organises the participation of US companies at a host of aviation exhibitions around the world.
General Ricardo Ortega Luttges, commander of the Chilean air force, used the occasion to invite companies to take part in the FIDAE 2010 exhibition, which takes place in Santiago from 23-28 March in Chile.
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