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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Colombian and U.S. Air Force Airmen greet each other after the Colombians arrived to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 13, 2016. The Colombian Airmen, along with four A-29B Super Tucano aircraft, are at Barksdale to participate in Exercise Green Flag East Aug. 15-29. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mozer O. Da Cunha)Colombians kick off Green Flag East in Louisiana
                        
                        
                        Colombian and U.S. Air Force airmen greet each other after the Colombians’ arrival at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 13, 2016. The Colombian airmen, along with four A-29B Super Tucanos, are at the base to participate in the Green Flag East exercise, which ends Aug. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mozer O. Da Cunha)
                
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        A Colombian Air Force C-130 Hercules lands at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 13, 2016. The Colombian Air Force brought about 45 Airmen and four A-29B Super Tucanos to Barksdale to participate in Exercise Green Flag East Aug. 15-29. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mozer O. Da Cunha)Colombians kick off Green Flag East in Louisiana
                        
                        
                        A Colombian Air Force C-130 Hercules lands at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 13, 2016. The Colombian Air Force brought 45 airmen and four A-29B Super Tucanos to the base to participate in the Green Flag East exercise, which ends Aug. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mozer O. Da Cunha)
                
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Colombian airmen join counterparts in Louisiana for Green Flag EastPublished Aug. 17, 2016
                    
                    By Capt. Bryan Bouchard
                    
                    
                    12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern)
            **BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFNS) --**Forty-five Colombian airmen and four Colombian Air Force A-29B Super Tucanos are operating from Barksdale Air Force Base as part of exercise Green Flag East.The Colombian contingent arrived Aug. 13 and immediately started engaging with their U.S. Air Force counterparts in order to prepare for the two-week exercise, which ends Aug. 29.“Participating in exercises like this are important to improve the interoperability with other air forces,” said Colombian Air Force Brig. Gen. Rodrigo Alejandro Valencia Guevara, the commander of the Colombian contingent. “It’s important to know different people and different cultures.”Green Flag East is one of Air Combat Command’s premier close air support exercises, which rehearses close air support tactics while enhancing interoperability with Air Force and Army forces.“I take great pride and satisfaction in training aircrews as well as ground crews for deployments,” said U.S. Air Force Maj. Greg Theriot, the Green Flag East air operations officer. “Everyone who comes through here at some point will employ their weapon system. When you see them do that in a safe and legal way, that saves lives; it’s very rewarding.”In addition to the mission aspect, multi-national engagements such as this exercise allow airmen of partner nations to build upon yearslong relationships.“In this global age that we’re in, we’re practically neighbors,” Theriot said. “Our countries share similar values, and it’s important to keep this partnership strong.”Two weeks before Green Flag East kicked off, a Colombian general served as the combined forces air component commander for U.S. Southern Command’s Panamax, a command and control exercise focusing on a nearly 20-nation coalition. This Green Flag East iteration is another example of the special relationship between the two countries.“On behalf of my Air Force team here, and the Colombian Air Force commander, we appreciate being able to participate in this special exercise,” Guevara said.In addition to the Colombian aircraft, U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia; F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Texas Air National Guard; KC-135 Stratotankers from McConnell AFB, Kansas; and E-3 Sentry and E-8 Joint STARS aircraft from Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, and Robins AFB, Georgia, respectively, will participate in the exercise.training 



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