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Duly accredited by the Chilean Air
Force, Aeromilitaria Argentina was one of only two Argentine press media
attending exercise Salitre II's press day on 21 October 2009. The exercise took
place in the North of Chile and was destined to share and test operational and
tactical capabilities in a simulated mission where a multi-national force is
tasked with restoring peace to a conflictive region anywhere in the World. Most
of the participating aircraft operated from Antofagasta air base, though several
supporting units did so from Iquique air base further North. Participating
forces included United States F-15C/D Eagles and HC-130H Hercules from
122 FS/149 FW "Bayou Militia" (Lousiana Air National Guard), KC-135R
Stratotankers from 197 ARS "Copperheads"/161 ARW (Arizona Air National Guard)
and HC-130P Hercules from 71 RQS "Kings"/23rd Wing "Flying
Tigers"; Argentine A/TA-4AR Fighting Hawks from V Br Aé and KC-130H
Hercules and F.28 Fellowship from I Br Aé; Brazilian AMX/AMX-T from 10º
GAv; Chilean F-5E Tigre III from Grupo 7, Bell 412 and F-16A/BMLU from
Grupo 8, Boeing
737-500 and Beech 99 Airliner from Grupo 10; and French Mirage 2000C from
EC01.012 "Cambrésis", E-3F Sentry EDCA00.036 "Berry" and KC-135FR Stratotanker
from GRV 00.093 "Bretagne" (photos
by Carlos Ay).
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