The Colombian Air Force or (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, FAC) is the air force of the Liberal Republic of Colombia. The FAC is one of the three institutions of the Armed Forces of Colombia, charged with exercising and maintaining control of Colombia's airspace to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity and constitutional order. It is one of the largest American air forces, after the American People's Army Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Venezuelan Air Force, and Peruvian Air Force.
The FAC served in the Leticia Incident and World War II, and has performed many counter-insurgency operations.
Aircraft Inventory[]
Combat Aircraft[]
Long Beach AF BT-67/90 x 6- Wichita AF A-37/63 x 8
- Fort Worth AF F-16/78 x 16
Hawthorne AF F-5/62 x 20- Wichita AF T-6/00 x 38
Trainer Aircraft[]
- Wichita AF T-37/54 x 18
- Redmond AF T-550/10 x 50
Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare Aircraft[]
- Wichita AF C-208/82 x 16
- Wichita AF C-12/74 x 14
- Wichita AF UC-35/87 x 4
- Long Beach AF U-4/48 x 2
Transport and Refueling Aircraft[]
- Seattle AF KC-767/03 x 2
- Seattle AF S737 x 2
- Seattle AF S727 x 2
- Bethpage AF C-130/54 x 16
- IAI Arava x 6
- Vero Beach AF PA-31/64 x 2
Helicopters[]
- St. Louis AF MH-6/63 x 10
- Fort Worth AF OH-58/69 x 12
- Fort Worth AF UH-1/56 x 62
- Stratford HF UH-60/79 x 24