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The United States Air Force (USAF) Security Cooperation activities with Latin America are building strong relationships with our neighbors and coalition partners to secure the hemisphere and facilitate power projection. The United States takes great interest in Latin America because of geographic proximity, economic ties, and our shared democratic ideals. Without effective security cooperation, central and southern nations could lose sovereignty to narcotics trafficking, radical terrorists affiliated with Hamas and al Qaeda, and illegitimate states that join forces to present a serious threat to peace and stability. Therefore, bilateral and regional programs in Latin America are of particular importance.
Transformation efforts by the Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force, International Affairs (SAF/ IA), focus on building, sustaining, and expanding relationships as key enablers to our expeditionary air and space force and mutual security interests. Strong relationships are founded by working with our partners to determine requirements and develop capabilities to achieve internal host nation goals as well as facilitate coalition integration. There are a number of bilateral... |
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