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![[Pan American Cooperation Organization]](../images/i/int^scfa.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 13 July 2006
Source: http://www.sicofaa.org/03XSello%20copy.jpg. The flag of the SICOFAA is the emblem on a white background.
See also:
SICOFAA (Sistema de Cooperación de las Fuerzas Aéreas Americanas, American
Air Forces Cooperation System).
The SICOFAA is a volunteer membership Pan American organization. Its main
purpose is to promote and strengthen cooperation among its participants. This is
carried out through different exchange programs, instruction, and combined
exercise operations with the approval of the various governments involved. The
idea emerged back in the early 1960's, when it was proposed by USAF Chief of
Staff General Thomas D. White. The organization was created on April 16, 1961
during the First Conference of the Commanders of the American Air Forces, held
on Rudolph Air Force Base in San Antonio (Texas, U.S.) In 1964 the FAP (Peruvian
Air Force) proposed the formal organization of a permanent body to oversee these
interests on a regular basis, thus setting up the principles, which entered into
force in the 1965 Conference. The SICOFAA deals with the following topics:
- Air Operations
- Human Resources, Education and Training
- Search And Rescue actions during relief operations
- Unauthorized flights control
- Information and telecommunications
- Logistics
- Medicine
- Meteorology
- Air disaster prevention techniques
- Research and Development
- Aeronautical Law
SICOFAA official webste:
http://www.sicofaa.org/
Esteban Rivera, 4 July 2005
The current country members of the SICOFAA are:
![[Pan American Cooperation Organization]](../images/i/int)scfa.gif)
image located by Valentin Poposki, 12 July 2006
