Joint Command of The Armed Forces of Peru - History

History

In the 1950s, the military institutions studied the experiences of the operational use of the forces during World War II and gave evidence of necessity that the Armed Forces must include a permanent joint organization, in which there would exist a commando unit to be used in the planning of operations, whose execution and use in any armed conflict would require a permanent coordination of the:

  • Army of Peru
  • Air Force of Peru
  • Navy of Peru

The project of the creation of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, which finally was approved by Supreme Decree Nº 002-GM/1 on February 1, 1957. Major General EP Manuel Cossío Cossío was designated the first president of the CCFFAA. It is stated in articles of the Supreme Decree that “the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, depends directly on the President of the Republic, who has the highest authority in the planning and coordination of the operations of the Forces of the Army, Navy and Air Force”.

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