Tulum, Q.R. — President Claudia Sheinbaum spent Air Force Day in Tulum inaugurating new facilities. She made the trip to commemorate the country’s 110th anniversary of the creation of the Mexican Air Force and the inauguration of the Military Air Base No. 20, at the “Felipe Carrillo Puerto” international airport in Tulum.
Sheinbaum commemorated the 110th anniversary of the Mexican Air Force and inaugurated the 20th Military Air Base in Tulum, where she recognized this institution as a pillar of national and country defense.
“The Mexican Air Force is a pillar of the National Defense and a pillar of Mexico. Its great pilots and institutional capabilities fulfill the defense of the airspace, of the territory. It guarantees our internal national security.
“It supports public safety, it prevents and assists the population in the face of natural disasters and recently, it has also supported an important role, the rebirth of Mexicana de Aviación. The Mexican Air Force is a bastion of our nation,” she acknowledged.
She stressed the loyalty of the Armed Forces in defending sovereignty and supporting public security tasks and caring for the population in the event of disasters.
“The Mexican Armed Forces have loyally accompanied the people of Mexico in this phase of our history. They have always fulfilled their primary tasks: defending the sovereignty, integrity and independence of our nation, helping to guarantee public safety, assisting the civilian population in the event of disasters and in the development of the nation,” she said.
Following the unveiling of the plaque for Military Air Base No. 20, she highlighted that these facilities are part of the Tulum International Airport and will serve to protect and monitor national airspace as well as help Mexicans in case of public environmental need.
She recalled that the Mexican Air Force, like the Mexican Army, has its origins in the Mexican Revolution and in the context of the fight against the coup leader Victoriano Huerta with the creation in January 1915 of the air fleet of the Constitutionalist Army.
“On February 10, 1944, the Military Aviation was granted constitutional status as an Armed Force. That is when Squadron 201 was created which fought in World War II. Since then, its capabilities and recognition have continued to develop,” she explained.
Governor Mara Lezama accompanied Sheinbaum during the Tulum International Airport celebration of Día de la Fuerza Aérea Mexicana. The Governor highlighted that this is the first Air Base in the Riviera Maya, which will strengthen miitary capabilities in the state.
During the opening ceremony, it was highlighted that the Air Base, in addition to carrying out airspace surveillance functions on the border, will have priority participation and attention in the implementation of the plan to assist the civilian population in the evacuation of affected people and air supply in case of hurricanes and fighting forest fires.
Governor Lezama was in the presidium, along with the Secretary of National Defense, Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, the Secretary of the Navy, Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles, the Commander of the Mexican Air Force, Oscar René Rubio Sánchez, as well as other guests.
