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Colombian air force Brig. Gen. Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez Suárez (right), Joint Special Operations Command deputy commander, conducts an exercise on a Vigilant Spirit simulator during a visit to the 558th Flying Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, July 27, 2022. The Vigilant Spirit simulator is designed to be immersive and realistic for remotely piloted aircraft operators.

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Colombian air force Brig. Gen. Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez Suárez, Joint Special Operations Command deputy commander, uses a remotely piloted aircraft simulator during a visit to the 558th Flying Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, July 27, 2022. The simulators use two operators, one to identify target areas, and the other to operate weapons systems.

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U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Keeling (left), 558th Flying Training Squadron director of staff, sets up a practice exercise for Colombian air force Brig. Gen. Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez Suárez (center), Colombian Joint Special Operations Command deputy commander, on a remotely piloted aircraft simulator, July 27, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The simulators use two operators, one to identify target areas, and the other to operate weapons systems.

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Miguel Linares (center), 558th Flying Training Squadron chief of training, shows Colombian air force Lt. Col. Fabián Alberto Useche Villafañe (right), special operations forces air group commander, coordinates on a monitor during a simulation exercise, July 27, 2022 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Colombian air force Special Operation Forces leaders plan to take what they have learned and implement it into their own air force exercises and training.

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Joel Soto (center), 558th Flying Training Squadron director of staff, teaches Colombian air force Col. Jorge Iván Delgado Zapata (right), head of special operations headquarters, about basic remotely piloted aircraft simulations, July 27, 2022 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Colombian air force Special Operations Forces leaders visited with the 558th FTS to better understand the training and capabilities of U.S. Air Force remotely piloted aircraft.

Colombian Special Operations leaders visit 558th Flying Training Squadron

Published Aug. 4, 2022
By Senior Airman Tyler McQuiston
502nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas --

Colombian air force Special Operations Forces leaders visited with the 558th Flying Training Squadron June 27 to better understand the training and capabilities of U.S. Air Force remotely piloted aircraft.