With the Air Regiment Salido Beltrán participated in the campaign against Saturnino Cedillo.
He did several flying lessons in the United States, was an instructor at the Superior War School and was later incorporated into the Mexican Expeditionary Air Force, as Chief of Staff, through which he participated in the Philippines campaign during World War II.
[5] Roberto Salido Beltrán was military attaché at the Embassy of Mexico in U.S. and Major General, when on 1 January 1964 he took over the leadership of the Mexican Air Force, a post which he held throughout the administration.
He contributed to newspapers and magazines, and wrote Táctica General Aérea (General Air Tactics), Táctica de Bombardeo Aéreo (Air Bombardment Tactics), Sumario de Operaciones Aeroterrestres (Summary of Air-Ground Operations), Camñpanas de Morelos en 1812 (1812 Morelos Campaigns) and Quetzalcoatl.
At the time of his death in Mexico City, on April 25, 1988, he held numerous national and foreign decorations.