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The System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces ((スペイン語:Sistema de Cooperación entre las Fuerzas Aéreas Americanas), SICOFAA) is an apolitical voluntary international organization among the North and South American air forces. SICOFAA's mission is to promote and strengthen the bonds of friendship prevalent in the Air Forces of the American Continent, members of the System, as well as to achieve the mutual support among them through their cooperation to act jointly when directed to do so by their respective governments. Critical topics include air operations, human resources, education and training, search and rescue, disasters relief, telecommunications, aerospace medicine, weather, prevention of plane crashes, and scientific research. System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces (Spanish: ''Sistema de Cooperación entre las Fuerzas Aéreas Americanas'') or ''SICOFAA''. Is based out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. SICOFAA started in 1961 as a forum for senior leaders from Air Forces in the Western Hemisphere to discuss military issues and aviation topics. Today, the organization has become more formalized, but has kept to its voluntary and apolitical status while striving to foster friendship and cooperation among American Air Forces through the interchange of experiences, training and education. ''SICOFAA'' also develops procedures and plans to facilitate combined actions between air components of member nations. ''SICOFAA'' holds a yearly meeting called the Conference of the American Air Chiefs or CONJEFAMER, this is where air chiefs and representatives from 20 Western Hemisphere member nations meet, ranging from Canada to Argentina. The location of each year's ''CONJEFAMER'' conference rotates among member nations; this year (2014) the Colombian Air Force hosted the military delegations during the week-long event. Conference attendees meet to confer over recommendations and programs proposed during ''CONJEFAMER'' committee meetings held earlier this year. The Organizations focused on the professional Airman and the interests of Air Forces of each nation are vital in ensuring governments understand what airpower can provide to their citizens. SICOFAA ensures issues that apply to Air Forces across the Americas are discussed in an atmosphere of trust and understanding and that there is much we can learn from one another. == History == On April 16, 1961, US Air Force Chief of Staff Thomas D. White hosted a conference at Randolph Air Force Base. Here the delegates proposed on creating an organization that would help fortify the inter-institutional relations and planning of effective professional cooperation of the American Air Forces. In 1964, the Peruvian Air Force proposed the creation of a voluntary organization of mutual professional relations in a document titled "Bases and Procedures for a Cooperation System between the American Air Forces". This document was accepted in 1965 as the first corporate charter of SICOFAA. Before 1990 SICOFAA consisted of three parts: the administrative (SPS), the communications (SITFAA), and the educational ((IAAFA )). During that time SICOFAA was under the Twelfth Air Force (AFSOUTH). It was in that year that Hurricane Andrew destroyed Homstead Air Force Base where both the administrative and educational parts of SICOFAA were stationed. It was then that SICOFAA was reorganized, IAAFA was moved to Lackland AFB and the administrative portion was moved to Andrews AFB. After this reorganization, the administrative partition was the only one that remained under the Twelfth Air Force. In 2011 the administrative portion was physically realigned to be collocated with the Twelfth Air Force (AFSOUTH) at Davis-Monthan AFB to be better supported. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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