Today in aviation history – 31th December

On 31st December 1919 was established Columbian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Colombiana – FAC). Currently FAC poses 23 Israeli fighter aircrafts IAI Kfir, 24 attack aircrafts Embraer Super Tucano, 13 13 Cesna A-37 Dragonflies and about 100 other training, exploratory and transport aircrafts. Columbian aviation poses also 70 helicopters such as Bell UH-1, Bell 212, MD Helicopters MD 500 and Sikorsky S-70.