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Crash d'un KFIR

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Textron won a contract for the delivery of Commando 4x4 armoured vehicles to Colombia

Textron Land and Marine Systems of New Orleans won a foreign sales contract worth up to $31.6 million to provide advanced armored personnel carriers Commando and related services for the nation of Colombia.


Saturday, August 3, 2013 10:37 AM

http://www.armyrecognition.com/august_2013_defense_industry_military_army_news_uk/index.php

Lancement de l'OPV ARC 7 Agosto

http://www.fuerzasmilitares.org/noticias/colombia/armada-nacional/3293-ceremonia-de-bautizo-y-botadura-del-buque-arc-7-de-agosto

ARC 20 De Julio ( PZE46 ) et ARC 7 Agotso ( PZE47 ) le 04-09-13 à Cartagena colombienne




(c) Captain Ted

Kfir C12

ARC Isla Tesoro ( FM51 ) ... Je me demande de la faisabilité d'un telle upgrade pour les Floréal ...  ... ah ..  

U-209 colombien prenant la mer pour participer à UNITAS 2013

Vidéo en hommage à l'armée Colombienne pour sa participation
à la guerre de Corée.

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Colombian Kfirs intercept Russian bombers enrout to Venezuela



Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO Reporting Name: Blackjack) strategic bombers triggered a diplomatic raw last week, violating Colombian airspace two times on a mission flown from Caracas, Venezuela to Managua, Nicaragua. The two bombers entered Columbian airspace as they were flying over an Colombian island in the Caribbean sea, without propper request. The aircraft were detected about 11:00 am by the air surveillance radar of San Andrés. According to Colombian records, the two aircraft carried registration numbers XM94115 XM94104.
The Russian bombers were intercepted by two Colombian KFIR fighters approximately 80 miles of Barranquilla. The Colombian fighters were scramblled from this base where they were stationed on high readiness alert. Barranquilla, a civil airport also supports some of the Colombian Counter-Insurgency (COIN) operations with aircraft such as the T-37 and A-29B, operating on counter drug traficking. The Kfirs followed the Russian bombers for about five minutes, until the intruders left Colombian airspace. “Barranquilla Control reports to the Command and Control Center of the Air Force, the aircraft transferred from Curacao Control, had no diplomatic clearance for overflying respective Colombian airspace” the military announcement said. The Russian bommbers were not allowed to continue on their planned route and avoid the 12 nautical miles zone from the island. Finally, they crossed to the south of the archipelago and lost contact with them when they were on Honduran territory.
According to the Russian ministry statement, the bombers covered a distance of more than 10,000 kilometers (over 6,200 miles) during a 13-hour non-stop flight. On their way to Venezuela, on October 28, two NATO F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from Bodo air base in Norway to monitor their flight near the Norwegian airspace.



http://defense-update.com/20131106_kfir_vs_blackjack.html

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Colombia; TWIN 40L/70 'Barracuda integration'

The Department of Weapons and Electronic of the Colombian Navy - DARET - successfully managed to integrate all your system naval fire control and combat "Barracuda" by OTO-Melara gun TWIN 40L/70. The results of the integration to automated and remotely operate the new guns TWIN Bitubo 40L/70 Compact , which shall install the OPV-80 " 20 July "and" August 7 "Colombian forward within the ARC plan to strengthen and expand heat capacity of the vessels and homogenize naval artillery systems, with consequent advantages logistical, technical and maintenance.



http://dmilt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8458:colombia-twin-40l70-barracuda-integration&catid=35:latin-america&Itemid=58

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Un nouvel avion de combat pour la Colombie ?  

Le 14/11/2013 à 15:47   | Par Guillaume Steuer  

 

Les aviateurs colombiens n'ont pas peur d'afficher leurs ambitions. S'exprimant à l'occasion de la conférence "International Fighter" organisée à Londres par IQPC, le général Carlos Eduardo Bueno Vargas, patron des opérations aériennes au sein de la force aérienne colombienne, a annoncé que cette dernière étudiait différentes options pour l'acquisition d'un nouvel avion de combat.

"Nous évaluons actuellement différentes plateformes comme le Su-30, le F-16, le Rafale, le Gripen ou bien encore le Mirage 2000", a ainsi déclaré l'aviateur. Celui-ci précisait qu'une décision d'acquisition d'un nouvel aéronef pourrait être prise dans les trois à quatre prochaines années.

La Colombie ambitionne également de renforcer ses capacités d'alerte avancée avec l'acquisition d'appareils de guet aérien. Une diapositive du général colombien présentait le G550 CAEW israélien comme l'une des options considérées, même si son coût élevé pourrait être rédhibitoire. Tout comme celui d'un avion de combat nouvelle génération flambant neuf.

Depuis 2009, la force aérienne colombienne a pourtant fait un grand pas en avant avec l'introduction dans ses rangs d'une version modernisée du chasseur israélien Kfir (notre photo), qui a permis aux aviateurs du pays de disposer pour la première fois d'un avion de combat de quatrième génération. Une période de transition de deux ans a été nécessaire pour accueillir ces nouveaux avions dans de bonnes conditions ; celle-ci a vu la participation des Colombiens à de nombreux exercices interalliés comme Red Flag, Maple Flag, Angel Thunder ou bien encore Cruzex.

Le général Bueno Vargas a également loué les performances de l'EMB-314 Super Tucano d'Embraer (désigné A-29 en Colombie), un avion d'attaque léger jugé "très fiable et extrêmement précis" et dont 25 exemplaires ont été commandés depuis 2006.

La force aérienne colombienne continue par ailleurs d'exploiter un escadron de Cessna A-37 et un escadron d'OV-10 Bronco pour l'attaque au sol.

http://www.air-cosmos.com/defense/un-nouvel-avion-de-combat-pour-la-colombie-2.html

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Colombia seeks new fighter purchase

As its government and FARC rebel movement make progress towards ending more than 40 years of conflict, Colombia’s air force is planning to bolster its combat capabilities, with the purchase of an additional squadron of fighter aircraft.

Air force officials are now completing a study into potential candidates for the requirement, which air operations commander Brig Gen Eduardo Bueno Vargas says is likely to total 18 aircraft. To potentially include a mix of used and new-build airframes, these would be operated in concert with the service’s current Israel Aerospace Industries Kfir C10 strike platforms, he says.


Multiple types have been included in a potential candidate list, with Vargas identifying the Boeing F/A-18, Dassault Mirage 2000, Lockheed Martin F-16 and Sukhoi Su-30 as among a range of possible competitors at IQPC’s International Fighter conference in London on 14 November.

“We are performing an evaluation for the next Colombian fighter,” he says. “The study is almost ready – then we must wait for a political decision.”

The need to acquire a dedicated air superiority fighter was highlighted through Colombia’s deployment of eight Kfirs to the USA in 2012 to participate in a Red Flag-series air combat exercise flown from Nellis AFB in Nevada, Vargas says. “For us, it was something completely new and challenging,” he adds.

Colombia’s remaining Rockwell OV-10 Broncos are likely to remain operational for around another five years, Vargas says, before a multi-role replacement could be sought to work with its Embraer EMB-314/A-29 Super Tucanos. Operations with its Cessna A-37B Dragonfly counter-insurgency aircraft are expected to continue for some more years though, with the air force having recently acquired a low flight-hour example from Chile and to receive two more via the Dominican Republic.

Meanwhile, Vargas says the Colombian air force also has an interest in fielding an armed unmanned air system capability as part of its future force mix. This could initially involve adding air-to-surface weapons with its existing Elbit Systems Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 air vehicles, he says. The service also wants to field a new-generation airborne early warning and control system type, due to the age of its current one Boeing 707-based example.

http://www.flightglobal.com

08/12/13 Cartagena de Indias

ARC Gloria


2 frégates classe Almirante Padilla modernisées


ARC 20 de Julio ( PZE46 ) et ARC Buenaventura ( 162 )


ARC Quitasueno ( PO112 )


ARC 11 de Noviembre ( PC145 )

Nice one   vivement l'arrivée des F16

Lancero 

Spoiler:

Petite question pour les connaisseurs , c'est vrai que les Forces Spéciales Colombiennes sont les meilleurs au monde ??

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Colombia; Korean Corvette CIC upgrade tender

the Armada Nacional de Colombia (ARC) is currently carrying out evaluation of the state of the various combat systems of the Corvette ARC Nariño (class Donghae), recently donated by the Government of South Korea.



The ARC Nariño, served for 27 years in the Navy of South Korea, such as Corvette patrol and combat and will be used once come to Colombia, by the Naval Force of the Pacific, in mission control and interdiction, search and rescue, protection of natural resources and sovereignty surveillance.

http://dmilt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9072:colombia-korean-corvette-cic-upgrade-tender&catid=35:latin-america&Itemid=58