Air Services

Colombia

Colombian Aerospace Force /

Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana (FAC)

Origionaly founded on 15th February 1921, the Colombian Air Force / Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (FAC) changed its name to The Colombian Aerospace Force / Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana on 8th November 2024.

The FAC is the Air Force of the Republic of Colombia and has been used in observation and aerial combat missions since the Colombian-Peruvian war of 1932. The FAC is one of 3 branches of the Military Forces of Colombia charged, according to the 1991 Constitution, working to exercise and maintain control of Colombia's airspace and to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity and constitutional order. As one of the largest American air forces (after the USA, Brazil and Peru) the FAC has an increased role in the fight against narco-terrorism.

Type inventory last updated 01/10/2025

ATTACK

IAI Kfir

Kfir COA

FAC 3057 & FAC 3058

FAC 3057, FAC 3048 & FAC 3058

FAC 3057 & FAC 3058

FAC 3058

FAC 3057

Kfir COD

FAC 3008

Basler BT-67 (AC-47T Fantasma)

FAC 1683

Embraer A29B (EMB 314B) Super Tucano

FAC 3111

TANKER

Boeing KC-767-200ER MMTT 'Jupiter'

FAC 1202 (Tanker)

FAC 1202 (Tanker) with 2 Kfirs above Bogota

FAC 1202 (Tanker)

FAC 1202 (Tanker) flanked by Kfirs

RECONNAISSANCE

Cessna 208B

Cessna Citation V ULTRA

CASA CN-235

TRANSPORT

Beechcraft Super King Air 350i

FAC 5077 (Medivac)

Boeing 727-2X3F 'Vulcano'

FAC 1204

Boeing 737-74V

FAC 0001

CASA C212-300 'Pelicano'

FAC1256 - departing José María Córdova International Airport (MDE), Rio Negro, Medellín in 2019

CASA C-295M

FAC 1280

FAC 1282

FAC 1284

FAC 1285

Cessna 208B Caravan

FAC 5079 (Medivac)

FAC 5071

FAC 5064

Cessna Ce525A CitationJet CJ2+

FAC 5766 - José María Córdova International Airport (MDE), Rio Negro, Medellín in 2019

Embraer ERJ135BJ

FAC 1215 - arriving @ José María Córdova International Airport (MDE), Rio Negro, Medellín in 2019

FAC 1215 - FIDAE 2024, Santiago

Fokker F28

F28-3000(C) FAC 1041

F28-1000 FAC 0002 @ Bogota Airport in 2019

Learjet Lj60A

FAC 1216

FAC 1214 seen whilst taxiing at Bogota Airport in 2019

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

C-130B

FAC 1001

C-130H

FAC 1005

also

Cessna SR-560 (OT-47B) 'Horus'

Embraer C-95A EMB 110 Bandeirante

Piper PA-31T Navajo

Turbo Commander (Maritime Patrol / Transport)

TRAINERS / GLIDERS

Lancair T-90 Calima

T-90D (Legacy FG)

FAC 2465

Cessna T-37 Tweet

T-37B

FAC 2128

Embraer AT-27 EMB 312 Tucano

FAC 2252

also

Beechcraft T-34 Mentor

Beechcraft T-6 Texan II

Allstar SZD-54-2 Perkoz

Let L-23 Super Blaník

Schweizer SA2-37B Vampiro

Stemme 10VT

ROTARY

Bell 206 JetRanger

206B-3

FAC 4480

Bell 212 Rapaz

FAC 4018

Bell UH-1 Iroquois

UH-1H

FAC 4207

UH-1H-II Super Huey

FAC 4418

FAC 4420

FAC 4531

Sikorsky AH-60L Arpía

AH-60L Arpía III

FAC 4134

AH-60L Arpía IV

FAC 4125

FAC 4125 & 4132

Sikorsky MH-60L Ángel

FAC 4138 Ángel III

Sikorsky UH-60L Halcon

FAC 4105

FAC 4135

FAC 4121

also

McDonnell Douglas MD 500E Defender, Hughes H369HM

Recently retired

Cessna OA/A-37B Dragonfly

Retired June 2021

FAC 2183

Cessna Ce550 Citation II

FAC 1211 - in the heat haze of José María Córdova International Airport (MDE), Rio Negro, Medellín in 2019 (now preserved at Museo Aeroespacial Colombiano)

IAI 201 Arava

FAC 1952 in the distance from Bogota International Airport in 2019 (Retired September 2022 now preserved at Museo Aeroespacial Colombiano)

All photographs taken during F-AIR Colombia 2019 (11th to 14th July)

José María Córdova International Airport (MDE), Rio Negro, Medellín

(unless otherwise stated)

Colombian National Army

Colombian National Navy

National Police of Colombia

SATENA

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