Chile

Brazilian C-130M deploys to fight forest fires in Chile

A Lockheed C-130M Hercules from the Brazilian Air Force has been dispatched to Chile to help fight the more than 300 estimated forest fires that are currently raging across the country’s central and southern regions

Chilean KC-130R fitted with new NP2000 props

In an effort to improve the efficiency of its Hercules fleet, the Chilean Air Force has begun retrofitting the aircraft with new Collins Aerospace eight-blade NP2000 composite propellers

Chile inducts ex-RAF E-3Ds into active service

The two former Royal Air Force-operated Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW1s acquired by the Chilean Air Force have been formally inducted into operational service

Santiago’s new Stantec-designed terminal opens

The new international terminal at Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) in Chile has opened

US donates first of two C-130Hs to Chile

A pair of USAF-operated Lockheed C-130H Hercules tactical transports are being transferred to the Chilean Air Force to supplement the air arm’s current airlift fleet

UPDATED: Chilean C-130 disappears en route to Antarctica

The Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh, Chilean Air Force) has reported that one of its Lockheed C-130 Hercules heavy-lift tactical transport aircraft has disappeared en route to Antarctica, with 38 people missing.