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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      A Chilean boy from the Teletón Foundation gets an up-close view inside an F-16 Fighting Falcon and discusses the aircraft with Maj. Scott Elrod and Master Sgt. Carlos Rodriguez on March 26, 2014, at the FIDAE Air Show in Santiago, Chile. Nearly 60 Airmen are participate as subject matter experts during FIDAE, hosting static displays of the C-130 Hercules and F-16. Elrod is an F-16 pilot and Rodriquez is an F-16 maintenance specialist. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Justin Brockhoff)US airmen host Make-A-Wish, Teletón children at FIDAE
                        
                        
                        A Chilean boy from the Teletón Foundation gets an up-close view inside an F-16 Fighting Falcon and discusses the aircraft with Maj. Scott Elrod and Master Sgt. Carlos Rodriguez on March 26, 2014, at the FIDAE Air Show in Santiago, Chile. Nearly 60 Airmen are participate as subject matter experts during FIDAE, hosting static displays of the C-130 Hercules and F-16. Elrod is an F-16 pilot and Rodriquez is an F-16 maintenance specialist. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Justin Brockhoff)
                
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        Chief Master Sgt. Caesar Acosta carries a wheelchair-bound Chilean girl up stairs to look inside the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon March 26, 2014, at the FIDAE Air Show in Santiago, Chile.  Nearly 60 Airmen are participating in subject matter expert exchanges with Chilean air force counterparts during FIDAE, and as part of the events are hosting static displays of the C-130 Hercules and F-16. Acosta is an aircraft maintenance specialist with the Texas Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Miguel Arellano)US airmen host Make-A-Wish, Teletón children at FIDAE
                        
                        
                        Chief Master Sgt. Caesar Acosta carries a wheelchair-bound Chilean girl up stairs to look inside the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon March 26, 2014, at the FIDAE Air Show in Santiago, Chile.  Nearly 60 Airmen are participating in subject matter expert exchanges with Chilean air force counterparts during FIDAE, and as part of the events are hosting static displays of the C-130 Hercules and F-16. Acosta is an aircraft maintenance specialist with the Texas Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Miguel Arellano)
                
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        Master Sgt. Pedro Soriano talks with a counterpart from the Chilean air force about working with the F-16 Fighting Falcon during the first day of the FIDAE Air Show, March 25, 2014, in Santiago, Chile. Nearly 60 Airmen are participating in subject matter expert exchanges with Chilean air force counterparts during FIDAE,  sharing best practices and procedures to build partnerships and promote interoperability with partner-nations throughout South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Soriano is an F-16 maintenance specialist from the Texas Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Justin Brockhoff)FIDAE Air Show, subject matter expert exchanges kick-off in Chile
                        
                        
                        Master Sgt. Pedro Soriano talks with a counterpart from the Chilean air force about working with the F-16 Fighting Falcon during the first day of the FIDAE Air Show, March 25, 2014, in Santiago, Chile. Nearly 60 Airmen are participating in subject matter expert exchanges with Chilean air force counterparts during FIDAE,  sharing best practices and procedures to build partnerships and promote interoperability with partner-nations throughout South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Soriano is an F-16 maintenance specialist from the Texas Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Justin Brockhoff)
                
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        Lt. Col. Kat Callaghan spends time with a Chilean boy from the Teletón Foundation at the FIDAE Air Show in Santiago, Chile, March 26. Nearly 60 Airmen participate in subject matter expert exchanges with Chilean air force counterparts during FIDAE, and as part of the events are hosting static displays of the C-130 Hercules and F-16. Airmen from the Texas Air National Guard set aside time to host the children before the public days of FIDAE, which are scheduled for the weekend. Callaghan is the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron director of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Miguel Arellano)US airmen host Make-A-Wish, Teletón children at FIDAE
                        
                        
                        Lt. Col. Kat Callaghan spends time with a Chilean boy from the Teletón Foundation at the FIDAE Air Show in Santiago, Chile, March 26. Nearly 60 Airmen participate in subject matter expert exchanges with Chilean air force counterparts during FIDAE, and as part of the events are hosting static displays of the C-130 Hercules and F-16. Airmen from the Texas Air National Guard set aside time to host the children before the public days of FIDAE, which are scheduled for the weekend. Callaghan is the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron director of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Miguel Arellano)
                
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        Lt. Gen. Tod Wolters, the 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander, greets Brig. Gen. Anthony Phillips-Spencer, vice chief of Defence Staff of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, just before the FIDAE Air Show opening ceremony, March 25, 2014, in Santiago, Chile. Nearly 60 Airmen are participating in subject matter expert exchanges with Chilean air force counterparts during FIDAE. The exchanges involve U.S. Airmen sharing best practices and procedures to build partnerships and promote interoperability with partner-nations throughout South America, Central America and the Caribbean. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Justin Brockhoff)FIDAE Air Show, subject matter expert exchanges kick-off in Chile
                        
                        
                        Lt. Gen. Tod Wolters, the 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander, greets Brig. Gen. Anthony Phillips-Spencer, vice chief of Defence Staff of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, just before the FIDAE Air Show opening ceremony, March 25, 2014, in Santiago, Chile. Nearly 60 Airmen are participating in subject matter expert exchanges with Chilean air force counterparts during FIDAE. The exchanges involve U.S. Airmen sharing best practices and procedures to build partnerships and promote interoperability with partner-nations throughout South America, Central America and the Caribbean. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Justin Brockhoff)
                
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        Maj. Josh Ritzmann (far left) and 1st Lt. Jacob Fuhrmann ( right discuss C-130 Hercules operations with a Chilean maintenance expert March 25, 2014, during the first day of the FIDAE Air Show in Santiago, Chile. Nearly 60 Airmen are participating in subject matter expert exchanges with Chilean air force counterparts during FIDAE, and as part of the events will host static displays of the C-130 and F-16 Fighting Falcon. Ritzmann and Fuhrmann are C-130 pilots with the Texas Air National Guard (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Justin Brockhoff)FIDAE Air Show, subject matter expert exchanges kick-off in Chile
                        
                        
                        Maj. Josh Ritzmann (far left) and 1st Lt. Jacob Fuhrmann ( right discuss C-130 Hercules operations with a Chilean maintenance expert March 25, 2014, during the first day of the FIDAE Air Show in Santiago, Chile. Nearly 60 Airmen are participating in subject matter expert exchanges with Chilean air force counterparts during FIDAE, and as part of the events will host static displays of the C-130 and F-16 Fighting Falcon. Ritzmann and Fuhrmann are C-130 pilots with the Texas Air National Guard (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Justin Brockhoff)
                
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FIDAE Air Show, subject matter expert exchanges kick-off in ChilePublished March 28, 2014
                    
                    By Capt. Justin Brockhoff
                    
                    
                    12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Public Affairs
            **SANTIAGO, Chile (AFNS) --**Chilean President Michelle Bachelet presided over a ceremony March 25 officially marking the start of the International Air & Space Fair FIDAE 2014, one of the largest international trade and air shows in the world, being held in Santiago, Chile, until March 30.
Hundreds attended the ceremony, which took place among a sea of military and civilian aircraft displays and included a flyover by three Chilean F-16s. Following the ceremony, exhibition pavilions and aircraft were opened for the trade show portion of the FIDAE, which will be followed by the public days over the weekend.
U.S. Airmen, primarily from the Texas Air National Guard, are participating in FIDAE by hosting static displays of the C-130 Hercules and F-16 Fighting Falcon. In addition, the Airmen are participating in subject matter expert exchanges with Chilean air force partners throughout the week to build partnerships and promote interoperability between the two air forces.
These events include discussions and demonstrations on C-130 maintenance and operations, F-16 maintenance and operations, human medical factors in aviation, parachuting procedures, military civil engineering and providing medical support in a deployed area.
"U.S. military participation in these exchanges and the FIDAE air show provides an opportunity to strengthen our military-to-military relationships with regional partners," said Col. Steve Pedrotty, the director of operations for 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), which oversees U.S. Air Force involvement and partnerships in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. "The opportunity to meet with our Chilean air force hosts promotes interoperability, which can be applied to events ranging from exercises to humanitarian assistance operations."
One of the events that took place during FIDAE's opening day included exchanges on C-130 maintenance and operations.
"The SMEE was a great opportunity to speak with our counterparts in the (Chilean air force) about flying the C-130," said 1st Lt. Jacob Fuhrmann, a C-130 pilot from the Texas Air National Guard. "Several of their airmen visited our aircraft to talk about best practices with (auxiliary power unit) systems, and the Chileans gave us the chance to take a look inside one of their C-130s, which had a modernized, glass cockpit."
The exchange will continue to have a lasting impact well after the event, according to Maj. Josh Ritzmann, also a C-130 pilot.
"We also had the opportunity to do some cross-talk with C-130 operations and share best practices on tactical employment," he added. "The talks helped enhance our relationship with the Chilean air force and broadened the scope of both U.S. and Chilean C-130 capabilities."Chile 



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