SA Defensa

📍Rio de Janeiro, #Brazil (🇧🇷) The @marmilbr & @USNavy (🇺🇸) held joint exercises as part of the #SouthernSeas2026 voyage of the Nimitz, Gridley, & Patuxent around South America. Brazil participated with frigate Defensora (F41), corvette Barroso (V34), & submarine Humaitá (S41).

📍Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, #UnitedStates (🇺🇸) @FuerzaAerea_Arg (🇦🇷) Chief of Staff, Brigadier Gustavo Valverde and his team were welcomed to @AFSOUTH headquarters for a joint meeting on command & space. They also visited the 162nd WG for focus on the FAA’s F-16 program.

📍#Argentina (🇦🇷) In a recent interview with @PucaraD, Chief of the General Staff of the @FuerzaAerea_Arg officially confirmed that the F-16s will in fact also replace the A-4AR. F-16s were purchased originally to replace the Mirage.

JIATFS & @DEAHQ identified a drug runner from Colombia, USS Billings secured the jettisoned cargo, & Dominican Republic forces interdicted the vessel. 326 kg of cocaine & 105 lbs. of marijuana off the streets- an international win! @USNavy @ArmadaRepDom @FuerzaAereaRD @Southcom

📍#Peru (🇵🇪) The @fapperu has officially gone forward with the purchase of an additional C-27J Spartan from @LDO_Aeronautics. The aircraft will be delivered in November 2027.

📍#Argentina (🇦🇷) @invapargentina delivered 2x RPA-200M air surveillance radars to the @Ejercito_Arg.

📍Santiago, #Chile (🇨🇱) President @joseantoniokast toured a @embraer KC-390 Millennium on display at #FIDAE2026, currently taking place this week. The Chileans have long been interested in acquiring the type to replace the aging (although recently modernized) C-130s in service.