July 13, 2026

Coalition Space Operators Take Center Stage as SALITRE 2026 Breaks New Ground

CHILE — When Exercise SALITRE 2026 opened its execution week at Cerro Moreno Air Base on July 6, the largest multinational air exercise in South America featured something no combined exercise has attempted before: a commercial satellite performing a real, on-orbit evasive maneuver in response to a simulated adversary — flown live, watched by coalition space operators on three continents.

July 9, 2026

Saving lives in the battlefield: U.S., partner nations medical train together during Salitre 2026

ANTOFAGASTA, Chile — U.S., Chilean, Brazilian, Colombian and Paraguayan air forces medical professionals took life-saving training to the next level by treating numerous patients and conducting air evacuations during Exercise Saltire 2026. This is the fifth iteration of the Chilean-led multinational exercise and the first to incorporate a medical component. By training together before a real-world emergency, U.S. and partner air force medical teams strengthened the relationships, interoperability and combined readiness needed to rapidly deliver lifesaving care during future multinational operations.