From left, Paraguayan Air Force Commander Gen. Julio Rubén Fullaondo Céspedes; U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Gary Keefe, the Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard; National Deputy Diego Crispín Candia Melgarejo; retired Paraguayan Gen. Óscar Luís González Cañete, Paraguay’s Minister of Defense; Paraguayan Air Force Col. Fabio Crispin Candia, commander of the Aerotactical Group (GAT); and Paraguayan Gen. César Augusto Moreno Landaira, Chairman of Paraguay’s Joint Chiefs of Defense, inaugurate new hangars at Silvio Pettirossi Air Force Base near Asunción, Paraguay, Jan. 16, 2026. Keefe and his delegation joined leaders from the Paraguayan Armed Forces to commemorate the anniversary of the GAT, the Paraguayan Air Force’s only fighter unit. This year, Massachusetts and Paraguay celebrated 26 years of partnership through the U.S. Department of War’s State Partnership Program, strengthening the long-standing, mutually beneficial security relationship. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Julia Ahaesy)
| Date Taken: | 01.16.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 01.22.2026 08:56 |
| Photo ID: | 9487521 |
| VIRIN: | 260120-Z-TS442-1016 |
| Resolution: | 5301x3527 |
| Size: | 2.36 MB |
| Location: | ASUNCION, PY |
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