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Air Force ranks are the same as in Mexico's Army, with the exception of generals. A national commander under the orders of the Secretary of National Defense is in charge of the Mexican Air Force. The second-in-command is the Air Force Chief of Staff, who supervises a Deputy Chief of Operations and a Deputy Chief of Management. [26] Officer ranks
The tactical forces form what is loosely called an Air Division, but it is dispersed in four regions: Northeast Mexico, Northwest Mexico, Central Mexico, and Southern Mexico. The Air Force maintains a total of 18 air bases, and has the additional capability of opening temporary forward operating bases in austere conditions for some helicopters ...
The Military Aviation Museum (Spanish: Museo Militar de Aviación "Teniente Piloto Aviador José Espinoza Fuentes") is located in the facilities of the Santa Lucía Air Base, State of Mexico, it is dependent on the Secretary of National Defense and focuses mainly on the exhibition of historical material of the Mexican Air Force.
The following is a list of Air Force Bases in Mexico: [13] Air Force Base No. 1 Santa Lucía, State of Mexico; Air Force Base No. 2, Ixtepec, Oaxaca; Air Force Base No. 3 El Ciprés, Ensenada, Baja California; Air Force Base No. 4, Cozumel, Quintana Roo; Air Force Base No. 5, Zapopan, Jalisco; Air Force Base No. 6, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
Mexican Air Force: Sargento 1º de cadetes: Sargento 2º de cadetes: Cabo de cadetes: Other ranks. The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
On Friday, March 5, Mexican Air Force pilots using infrared equipment to search for drug-smuggling aircraft recorded 11 unidentified objects over southern Campeche.Mexico’s Defense Department issued a press release on May 12 accompanied by videotape that showed moving bright lights at 11,500 feet.
The 201st Fighter Squadron (Spanish: Escuadrón Aéreo de Pelea 201) is a fighter squadron of the Mexican Air Force, part of the Mexican Expeditionary Air Force that aided the Allied war effort during World War II. The squadron was known by the nickname Águilas Aztecas or "Aztec Eagles", apparently coined by members of the squadron during ...
An American P-47D Thunderbolt being flown by a member of the Mexican Expeditionary Air Force over the Philippines (1945) The rondel is an American marking. The Mexican Expeditionary Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Expedicionaria Mexicana, FAEM) was a military aviation unit which represented Mexico on the Allied side during World War II. It is ...