Editing Chilean Armed Forces (section)

==Structure==

===Army===
{{main article|Chilean Army}}
The current commander-in-chief of the [[Chilean Army]] is ''General de Ejército'' Sr. [[Javier Iturriaga del Campo]]. The 46,350-person army is organized under six military administrative regions and six divisional headquarters.{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=404}} The forces include one special forces brigade, four armoured brigades, one armoured detachment, three motorized brigades, two motorized detachments, four mountain detachments and one aviation brigade.{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=404}} The army operates German Leopard 1 and 2 tanks as its main battle tanks, including 170+ Leopard 2A4 and 115 Leopard 1.{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=404}} The army has approximately 40,000 reservists.{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=404}}

===Navy===
{{main article|Chilean Navy}}
Admiral Juan Andrés De La Maza Larraín directs the 19,800-person [[Chilean Navy]], including 3,600 Marines.{{sfn|IISS|2019|pp=405–406}} Of the fleet of 66 surface vessels, eight are major combatant ships and they are based in [[Valparaíso]]. The navy operates its own aircraft for transport and patrol; there are no fighters or bomber aircraft but they have attack helicopters. The Navy also operates four submarines based in [[Talcahuano]].

===Air Force===
{{main article|Chilean Air Force}}
General Hugo Rodríguez González heads 11,050-strong{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=406}} [[Chilean Air Force]]. Air assets are distributed among five air brigades headquartered in [[Iquique]], [[Antofagasta]], [[Santiago]], [[Puerto Montt]], and [[Punta Arenas]]. The Air Force also operates an airbase on [[King George Island (Antarctica)|King George Island]], Antarctica.
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