Tag: FIDAE

• Thursday, April 9th 2026 - 21:36 UTC

  Chilean Air Force conducts first-ever aerial refueling of US F-35 fighters

  

  The Chilean Air Force (FACh) completed for the first time an aerial refueling operation involving two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighters, in a milestone that demonstrates growing interoperability between the two countries and the level of modernization achieved by Chile's military aviation.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 10:42 UTC

  Boric gives thumbs down to Israel's presence at aerospace event

  

  Chile's Government of President Gabriel Boric Font has given the thumbs down to the presence of Israeli companies at the 2024 edition of the traditional aerospace FIDAE event, which was announced in Santiago on Tuesday. A statement from the Defense Ministry read that the measure was adopted “by decision of the Chilean government” with no further explanations as to the reasons for it, although it is speculated that it is in reprisal of Israel's military deployment in Gaza.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Chile excludes Russian companies from Latin America's largest Air and Space show

  

  The Chilean Ministry of Defense announced it will withdraw the invitation to all Russian companies which were scheduled to participate in the 2022 edition of the International Air and Space Show, the largest in Latin America.

• Friday, April 1st 2016 - 07:44 UTC

  UK at Chile's Air and Space Fair offering a significant range of defense products

  

  Partnership, disaster relief, industrial cooperation and innovation are the main UK themes as UK companies exhibit a range of world beating defense capabilities at Chile's FIDAE 2016, some attending for the first time, others as a result of having exhibited at a successful FIDAE 2014.