Colombian Air Force

Fuerza Aérea Colombiana
Coat of arms of the Colombian Air Force
Founded	December 31, 1919
Country	Colombia
Branch	Air Force
Size	9,000 active personnel
Part of	Colombian Armed Forces
Motto	Sic Itur Ad Astra
Anniversaries	November 8
Engagements	Colombia–Peru War Colombian armed conflict
Commanders
Current commander	General Jorge Ballesteros Rodriguez
Second Commander and Mayor Chief of Staff	General Fernando Soler Torres
Notable commanders	General Hector Fabio Velasco
Insignia
Roundel
Aircraft flown
Attack	A-29, A-37, OV-10, AC-47
Fighter	IAI Kfir, Mirage 5
Attack helicopter	AH-60, AB212 Rápaz
Reconnaissance	Schweizer SA 2-37
Trainer	T-34, T-41, T-27
Transport	C-130, C-295, CN-235, C-212

Aircraft inventory

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service	Notes
Combat aircraft
IAI Kfir	Israel	Fighter/attack	C.7/C.10	23
Embraer Super Tucano	Brazil	Combat		25
North American OV-10 Bronco	United States	Combat/Counter Insurgency		11
AC-47 Spooky	United States	Combat/Counter Insurgency		6	Locally known as Fantasmas (Ghost)
A-37 Dragonfly	United States	Combat/Counter Insurgency		9
		Total Combat Aircraft		74
Trainers
Cessna T-41 Mescalero	United States	Trainer	T-41D	8
Beechcraft T-34 Mentor	United States	Trainer	T-34M	9
Cessna T-37 Tweet	United States	Trainer	T-37B Tweet/T-37C Tweet	8
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver	Canada	Utility		1
Embraer Tucano	Brazil	Trainer		14
		Total Trainer Air Craft		40
Transports
Beechcraft Queen Air	United States	Utility transport	65-B80	2
Beechcraft Twin Bonanza	United States	Utility transport	D50	1
Boeing 707	United States	Transport Tanker	707-373C	1
Boeing 767	United States	Transport Tanker	KC-767	1
Boeing Business Jet	United States	VIP transport	BBJ1	1
Fokker F28	Netherlands	VIP transport	F28-1000/F28-3000	2
Cessna Citation II	United States	VIP transport	550 Citation II	1
CASA C-212 Aviocar	Spain	Tactical transport	C-212-300	3
CASA CN-235	Spain	Tactical transport	CN-235-200	3
EADS CASA C-295	Spain	Tactical transport	C-95M	4
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante	Brazil	Transport	EMB 110P1A	2
Gavilan 358	Colombia	Utility transport		4
IAI Arava	Israel	Utility transport	Arava 201	1
C-130 Hercules	United States	Tactical transport	C-130B/C-13H	7
Piper PA-23 Aztec	United States	Utility transport		1
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne	United States	Utility transport		1
Piper PA-34 Seneca	United States	Utility transport		3
Cessna 208 Caravan	United States	Utility transport		1
Cessna 208 Caravan	United States	Liaison		5
		Total Transport Air Craft		45
Helicopter
Bell 205	United States	Utility helicopter	Model 205 UH-1H/P	26
Bell 212 Twin Huey	United States	Transport helicopter		12
MD Helicopters MD500 Defender	United States	Combat helicopter	369HM/MD 530FF	16
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk	United States	Transport helicopter and Combat helicopter	UH-60L/AH-60 Arpía	34
Bell 206	United States	Trainer helicopter	Bell 206B-III	11
		Total Transport helicopters/Search and Rescue Helicopters		89
Reconnaissance and Intelligense
Schweizer SA 2-37	United States	reconnaissance		6
Fairchild C-26 Metroliner	United States	Transport / SIGINT	C-26A	5
Cessna CitationJet	United States	Tracker	Citation SR-560	6
Cessna O-2	United States	Tracker		2
Beechcraft Super King Air	United States	ELINT	Super King Air 300	6
		Total Reconnaissance and Intelligense		25
Satena
Dornier Do328-100	Germany	Airliner	33 seats	6
Embraer ERJ 145	Brazil	Airliner	50 seats	5
Embraer 170	Brazil	Airliner	76 seats	3
		Total Satena Air Craft		14
Total Air Craft in service
		Total Air Craft in service		287