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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders       U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., traveled to Ecuador Oct. 12-13, 2022, to affirm the U.S.-Ecuador defense partnership and discuss future enhanced cooperation. Brown met with Minister of Defense Luis Lara Jaramillo, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Nelson Proaño Rodriguez, and Ecuadorian air force Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Gabriel García Urbina. He expressed strong support for activities and capabilities to counter illegal activities that undermine common values and threaten national security and economic prosperity in the hemisphere. (Courtesy photo)
                
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Readout of US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.’s travel to EcuadorPublished Oct. 14, 2022
                    
                    
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            **QUITO, Ecuador (AFNS) --**U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff**Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.**traveled to Ecuador Oct. 12-13, to affirm the U.S.-Ecuador defense partnership and discuss future enhanced cooperation. 
 Brown met with Minister of Defense Luis Lara Jaramillo, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Nelson Proaño Rodriguez, and Ecuadorian air force Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Gabriel García Urbina. 
 During these meetings, Brown recognized Ecuador’s critical role in promoting democratic principles, upholding human rights, and advancing security cooperation. Brown acknowledged the migration challenges, and growing threat and related violence from transnational criminal organizations. He expressed strong support for activities and capabilities to counter illegal activities that undermine common values and threaten national security and economic prosperity in the hemisphere. U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., traveled to Ecuador Oct. 12-13, 2022, to affirm the U.S.-Ecuador defense partnership and discuss future enhanced cooperation. Brown met with Minister of Defense Luis Lara Jaramillo, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Nelson Proaño Rodriguez, and Ecuadorian air force Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Gabriel García Urbina. During these meetings, Brown recognized Ecuador’s critical role in promoting democratic principles, upholding human rights, and advancing security cooperation. Brown acknowledged the migration challenges, and growing threat and related violence from transnational criminal organizations. (Courtesy photo)
            
            
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     U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., traveled to Ecuador Oct. 12-13, 2022, to affirm the U.S.-Ecuador defense partnership and discuss future enhanced cooperation. Brown met with Minister of Defense Luis Lara Jaramillo, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Nelson Proaño Rodriguez, and Ecuadorian air force Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Gabriel García Urbina. Brown praised Ecuador’s ongoing work to strengthen and modernize the Ecuadorian air force to meet humanitarian assistance/disaster response requirements and address current and future threats. (Courtesy photo)
            
            
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     U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., traveled to Ecuador Oct. 12-13, 2022, to affirm the U.S.-Ecuador defense partnership and discuss future enhanced cooperation. Brown met with Minister of Defense Luis Lara Jaramillo, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Nelson Proaño Rodriguez, and Ecuadorian air force Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Gabriel García Urbina. The two services agreed on the mutual benefits of training and education and to explore opportunities to partner with 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) and the Inter-American Air Forces Academy on Airman professional development. (Courtesy photo)
            
            
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Brown praised Ecuador’s ongoing work to strengthen and modernize the Ecuadorianair force to meet humanitarian assistance/disaster response requirements and address current and future threats. The two services agreed on the mutual benefits of training and education and to explore opportunities to partner with **12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern)**and the******Inter-American Air Forces Academy**on Airman professional development. 
 Brown also met with Chargéd’Affaires Debra Hevia and U.S. Embassy staff in Quito.LR 



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