✈️Air Base
Base Aérea de Iquique (Ala 3 — F-16)
🇨🇱Iquique, Tarapacá·Chile
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Quick Facts
TypeAir Base
Country🇨🇱 Chile
CityIquique, Tarapacá
Coordinates-20.5356, -70.1836
About This Installation
FACh Ala 3 (3rd Fighter Wing) operating F-16 Fighting Falcons in northern Chile. Provides air defense coverage over the Atacama Desert and Pacific approaches. Located near the sensitive Tri-Border area (Chile, Bolivia, Peru). Hosts bilateral air exercises with Peru and occasional US Air Force training deployments.
Information sourced from public defense ministry records, NATO official sources, and official national military websites. All installations are publicly acknowledged. Coordinates are approximate.
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