Committees

Committees are permanent organisms that study and analyze subjects, interchange ideas and share procedures that improve the operations and collaboration between the member countries of SICOFAA.

There are five committees named after their respective area of research:

• A-I Personnel (Asuntos de Personal)
• A-II Information (Información)
• A-III Operations (Operacional)
• A-IV Logistics (Asuntos Logísticos)
• A-V Science and Technology (Ciencia y Tecnología)

SPS

The Permanent Secretary of the System is responsible for administrative functions of SICOFAA and is located at Andrews Air Force Base

Andrews Air Force Base

Joint Base Andrews is a United States military facility located in Prince George's County, Maryland. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 11th Wing, Air Force District of Washington ....

. Its purpose is to centralize and ensure continuity and permanence to all the activities of SICOFAA as they are established at the CONJEFAMER. The SPS consists of a Secretary General (an USAF O-6), and a Sub Secretary, and Editor, and other support staff (military and civilian). The Sub Secretary position rotates among Colonels of the member countries, it is a two year tour.

OENFA

The Liaison Officer of the Air Force is the link between Air Force Chiefs of Staff and SICOFAA. Each member country has an OENFA.

SITFAA

The Information Technology System of the American Air Forces is responsible for communications between SICOFAA's member countries. In 1964 SITFAA was created to meet the communication needs of SICOFAA. Originally SITFAA was part of the Science and Technology Committee but advances and technology have spurred SITFAA to become its own entity inside SICOFAA.

SITFAA's capabilities include voice, fax, Internet, and High Frequency. Each country has its own station within the SITFAA network.

Each member country has a SITFAA station, however, after SICOFAA reorganized in 1990 the United States SITFAA station moved from Puerto Rico to Andrews AFB in Maryland. The United States does not have a SITFAA station, its station serves as the Master Net Control Station (ECR or Estacion en Control de la Red ).

Network

SITFAA is broken into two networks: the Northern Circuit (Circuito Norte) and Southern Circuit (Circuito Sur).

The Northern Circuit consists of:

The Southern Circuit consists of:

The United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 is the Network Control Station (Estación Control de la Red, ECR). This station is manned by the 89th Communications Squadron of the 89th Airlift Support Group of the 89th Airlift Wing

89th Airlift Wing

The 89th Airlift Wing of the United States Air Force is based at Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility and has an operational force of over 1,000 personnel...

 at Andrews Air Force Base

Andrews Air Force Base

Joint Base Andrews is a United States military facility located in Prince George's County, Maryland. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 11th Wing, Air Force District of Washington ....

.

Each circuit members take turns being the Northern Circuit Control Station (Estación Control del Circuito Norte, ECCN) or the Southern Circuit Control Station (Estación Control del Circuito Sur, ECCS).

Meetings

Each year, the five committees meet and discuss their fields. The findings are then brought to the yearly PREPLAN where the member countries decide on what topics will be discussed for implementation in the Conference of the Chiefs of the American Air Forces (Conferencia de los Jefes de las Fuerzas Aéreas Americanas, CONJEFAMER).

The member country that hosted PREPLAN hosts CONJEFAMER. At CONJEFAMER, the top Generals of the member Air Forces make decisions on the findings of the committees brought before them. The Chief of the Air Force of the host nation awards the SICOFAA Legion of Merit Medal

SICOFAA Legion of Merit Medal

The SICOFAA Legion of Merit Medal is awarded annually by the Chief of the Air Staff of the host nation of the Conference of the Chiefs of the Air Staff CONJEFAMER of the member nations of the Cooperation System of the American Air Forces...

at this conference.

Awards

The Legion of Merit Award American Aviation Fellowship, was created in the XVIII CONJEFAMER, which was held in the United States in 1978, with the aim of encouraging those military or civilian, public or private institutions, relating to Air Forces in the Americas, whose actions have promoted and fostered the growth and importance of the System of Cooperation among American Air Forces (SICOFAA).

SICOFAA Legion of Merit Gentleman

SICOFAA Legion of Merit Officer

SICOFAA Legion of Merit Grand Cross