2023-08-07 23:06:52
For five days, the Air Forces of Peru, Brazil and Colombia simulated the interception and transfer of irregular air traffic, which intended to make illicit use of the tripartite sky; the aircraft, in the middle of the ‘Amazon II Combined Air Interdiction Exercise’, were detected, transferred and forced to land at the nearest aerodromes.
“During the military exercises, aircraft E-99, C-26B, Citation SR-560, C-98, DHC-6-400, C-208, Embraer Super Tucano aircraft from Brazil and Colombia, as well as the KAI KT-1P from Peru; Crew members from the three nations, under NATO standards, identified and handed over the objective among the Forces. The Huey II helicopters of the Colombian Aerospace Force and the H-60 of the Brazilian Air Force, with the capacity to carry out search and rescue missions, also played a fundamental part of the exercise, to provide security to the participants of Amazonas II,” he said. the Aerospace Force.
The idea is to articulate the response capacity to prevent the use of mobility corridors by organizations at the service of drug trafficking, in addition it seeks to exercise sovereignty and control over natural reserves, as well as supervise the aerodromes of the Amazon region.
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“It is worth noting that the FAC went from training to leading operations once morest drug trafficking; The Zeus Strategy seeks to combat illegal aircraft outside the border, to achieve this objective throughout the national territory, Zeus applies three codes, Blue for the Caribbean region, Red for the Pacific and Green for the Amazon.
“The experiences and conclusions were shared at the end of the year, highlighting the increase in operational capabilities and the maximum use of air resources to affect illegal economies, thanks to the coordination established between the Command and Control Centers of Peru, Brazil and Colombia, for the benefit of the Air Defense of the region, security, constitutional order and environmental protection”.
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