American air forces participate in Exercise Cooperacion 1
The Cooperacion 1 exercise director, Aviation General (two-star general) Luis Ili Delgado gives Lt. Gen. Glenn F. Spears, commander of 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) and Lt. Col. Kris Skinner, secretary general of SICOFAA and other air force leadership of the Americas a tour of the exercise headquarters. The VIP event was part of a SICOFAA exercise, (Sistema de cooperacion de las Fuerzas Aerias de las Americas) Cooperation 1 headquartered in Puerto Montt, Chile, Oct. 4 to 14. The exercise scenario involved using the air forces of SICOFAA member nations for humanitarian assistance after a natural disaster (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Rebecca A. Garcia).