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 '''[[Chilean Air Force]]''' Gen. Osvaldo Saravia Vilches heads a force of 12,500. Air assets are distributed among five air brigades headquartered in [[Iquique]], [[Antofagasta]], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Puerto Montt]], and [[Punta Arenas]]. The Air Force also operates an airbase on [[King George Island]], [[Antarctica]].
 
[[Carabineros de Chile|The Chilean police]] are comprised of a national, uniformed force, the '''Carabiniers''', in Spanish '''''Carabineros''''', and a smaller, plainclothes investigations force, called '''''Investigaciones de Chile'''''. After the military [[coup]] in September [[1973]], the Chilean national police were incorporated into the Defense Ministry. With the return of democratic government, the police were placed under the operational control of the Interior Ministry but remain under the nominal control of the Defense Ministry. Gen. José Bernales, who directs the national police force of 30,000, is responsible for law enforcement, traffic management, narcotics suppression, border control, and counter-terrorism throughout Chile.
 
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 '''[[Chilean Air Force]]''' Gen. Osvaldo Saravia Vilches heads a force of 12,500. Air assets are distributed among five air brigades headquartered in [[Iquique]], [[Antofagasta]], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Puerto Montt]], and [[Punta Arenas]]. The Air Force also operates an airbase on [[King George Island]], [[Antarctica]].
 
[[Carabineros de Chile|The Chilean police]] are comprised of a national, uniformed force, the '''Carabiniers''', in Spanish '''''Carabineros''''', and a smaller, plainclothes investigations force, called '''''Investigaciones de Chile'''''. After the military [[coup]] in September [[1973]], the Chilean national police were incorporated into the Defense Ministry. With the return of democratic government, the police were placed under the operational control of the Interior Ministry but remain under the nominal control of the Defense Ministry. Gen. José Bernales, who directs the national police force of 40,000, is responsible for law enforcement, traffic management, narcotics suppression, border control, and counter-terrorism throughout Chile.
 
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