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The Rep\u00fablica de Colombia<\/em> is the northern-most South American country, and occupies a unique position with significant coastlines on both the East and West of the continent, either side of the border with Panama. Because of this, it has developed a large force of long-range fixed-wing aircraft to patrol the regions of the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean off its shores.<\/p>\n

The tandem-winged Lib\u00e9lula<\/em> (Dragonfly) long range patrol craft are capable of staying in the air for days at a time, refuelled in-flight by Nodriza<\/em> class support vessels. Replenishment is a tricky operation that involves the aircraft flying alongside and slightly below the mothership, matching course and speed. Cranes are used to lower supplies and fuel lines into a large dorsal hatch where they are gathered by the crew. This involves considerable skill on the part of the pilot, and a not-insignificant amount of bravery on the part of the handlers on top of the plane. Each Nodriza can handle two aircraft at a time, and carries food, fuel and spare parts to keep a whole squadron in action for several weeks.<\/p>\n

The Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana<\/em> also operates several wings of Albatros<\/em> gunships; these have bombs for attacking surface targets, and light, rapid-fire guns for aerial targets.<\/p>\n

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Colombian aircraft in close formation with a Nodriza mothership.<\/p><\/div>\n

The FAC also has a small force of conventional a\u00e9ronef, based around the aging Cundinamarca<\/em> class light battleships, built locally but armed with British-supplied weapons. These are backed up by several smaller classes of vessel.<\/p>\n

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Colombian patrol group<\/p><\/div>\n

VANFP-3101<\/a> – Colombian Fleet Pack – \u00a324.00
\nVANFP-3111<\/a> – Colombian Air Squadron – \u00a316.50
\nVAN-3101<\/a> – Cundinamarca class Light Battleship – \u00a37.00
\nVAN-3102<\/a> – Marroquin class Light Cruiser – \u00a32.50
\nVAN-3103<\/a> – Almirante Tono class Destroyer – \u00a31.50
\nVAN-3104<\/a> – Defensora class Patrol Vessel (x2) – \u00a31.50
\nVAN-3105<\/a> – Nodriza class Support Vessel – \u00a36.50
\nVAN-3106<\/a> – Lib\u00e9lula Patrol Aircraft (x3) – \u00a34.50
\nVAN-3107<\/a> – Albatros Gunship (x3) – \u00a34.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rep\u00fablica de Colombia is the northern-most South American country, and occupies a unique position with significant coastlines on both the East and West of the continent, either side of the border with Panama. Because of this, it has developed … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"This week sees the release of the eighth country in our South American Imperial Skies project, Columbia. 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