Western hemisphere Air Chiefs work together at annual CONJEFAMER

United-Allied. This is the motto of the System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces, or SICOFAA. The organization is a collection of more than 20 air force leaders from across the Western Hemisphere. They met June 22-26 in Mexico City for a summit known as the Conference of American Air Chiefs to confer new agreements, discuss the direction of the organization, agree to future exercises, and continue to build upon a 50-plus year history of cooperation and good will.

"In 1961, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Thomas D. White, had great foresight in bringing together the air chiefs of the Western Hemisphere to discuss issues of mutual concern," said U.S. Air Force Col. Alberto Moreno-Bonet, SICOFAA Secretary General, who organizes the group's efforts from its office at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. "Now, 55 years later, 20 nations, along with several observing nations, openly share tactics, techniques, and procedures in the realm of humanitarian as
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