Editor's Foreword

74 The MiLiTAry BALAnCe 2010
PCC 18 Alacalufe (Protector WPB class)
PCI 37: 8 Grumete Diaz (Dabor class); 18 Rodman; 11
(LMP, LSR class)
MISC BOATS/CRAFT 5 Defender class (upto 10
vessels on order); 1 Archangel class (upto 18 vessels
on order)
Air Force 7,300; 460 conscript (total 7,760)
Flying hours 100 hrs/year
FORCES By ROLE
Ftr /FGA 1 sqn with F-5E Tigre III; F-5F Tigre III; 1 sqn
with Block 50 F-16C/F-16D Puma; 1 sqn with
F-16AM/F-16BM;
Recce 1 (photo) unit with Beech A-100 King Air;
DHC-6-300 Twin Otter; Learjet 35A
AEW
ELINT
B-707 Phalcon with tpt gp. Beech 99 Petrel
Alfa/Beta
CCT 2 gps with A-37B Dragonfly; A-36CC Halcon;
T-36BB; B-707 Tanquero
Tpt Liaison 3 gps with B-737-500 (VIP); B-737-300;
B-767ER; C-130B Hercules; C-130H Hercules;
CASA 212 Aviocar; DHC-6-100 Twin Otter;
DHC-6-300; Gulfstream IV; Learjet 35A; PA-
28-140 Cherokee; Beech 99A7; Cessna O-2A
Trg 1 gp with T-35A/B Pillan; CJ-1 Citation; Mirage
IIIBE, T-36 Halcon, Bell 206A
Hel 3 gps with UH-1H; Bo-105CBS-4; Bell 412;
S-70A-39 Black Hawk; Bell 206B (trg)
AD 1 regt (5 AD gp) with Mygale; Mistral; M-163
Vulcan/M-167 Vulcan; GDF-005; Oerlikon;
Crotale
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 77 combat capable
FTR 16: 13 F-5E Tigre III+; 3 F-5F Tigre III+
FGA 59: 28 F-16 (6 Block 50 F-16C; 4 F-16D; 11 F-16AM;
7 F-16BM) (18 F-16AM on order); 13 A-37B Dragonfly; 9
A-36CC Halcon; 8 T-36BB
RECCE 6: 1 Beech King Air; 2 Learjet 35A; 3 DHC-6-300
AEW 1 B-707 (IAI Phalcon)
ELINT 3 Beech 99 Petrel Alfa; 2 Beech 99 Petrel Beta
TKR 1 B-707 TanqueroSP
TPT 66: 1 B-737-300; 1 B-737-500; 1 B-767ER; 1 C-130B
Hercules; 2 C-130H Hercules; 4 CASA 212 Aviocar; 5
DHC-6-100 Twin Otter; 8 DHC-6-300 Twin Otter; 1
Gulfstream IV; 31 PA-28-140 Cherokee; 3 Beech 99A; 6
Cessna 0-2A; 2 Learjet 35A
TRG 44: 1 Mirage IIIBE; 38 T-35A/T-35B Pillan; 5 Cessna
525 Citation CJ-1; (12 EMB-324 Super Tucano on order)
HELICOPTERS
UTL 23: 1 Bo-105CBS-4; 8 Bell 412 Twin Huey (delivery
in progress); 10 UH-1H Iroquois; 1 S-70A-39 Black Hawk;
3 Bell 206B (trg); (5 Mi-17 on order)
AD
SYSTEMS Mygale
SAM Mistral
SP 5 Crotale
GUNS • TOWED 20mm M-163 Vulcan SP/M-167
Vulcan; 35mm GDF-005 Oerlikon
MSL • AAM AIM-9B Sidewinder/AIM-9J Sidewinder;
Python III; Shafrir; BVR Derby
Paramilitary 41,500
Carabineros 41,500
Ministry of Defence
FORCES By ROLE
13 Zones
Paramilitary 39 district; 174 comisaria
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
APC (W) 20 MOWAG Roland
MOR 60mm; 81mm
AIRCRAFT
TPT 10: 4 Cessna 182 Skylane; 1 Cessna 550 Citation V;
5 PA-31T Navajo/Cheyenne II
UTL 5: 2 Cessna 206; 1 Cessna 208; 2 Cessna 210
Centurion
HELICOPTERS • UTL 18: 2 BK-117; 8 Bo-105; 2 Bell 206
Jet Ranger; 2 EC-135; 4 Agusta-Westland AW-109E
DEPLOyMENT
BOSNIA-HERzEgOVINA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 21
HAITI
UN • MINUSTAH 500; 1 inf bn; 1 avn unit; elm 1 engr
coy
INDIA/PAkISTAN
UN • UNMOGIP 2 obs
MIDDLE EAST
UN • UNTSO 4 obs
Colombia COL
Colombian Peso pC 2008 2009 2010
GDP pC 479tr 495tr
US$ 244bn 267bn
per capita US$ 5,652 6,115
Growth % 2.5 -0.3
inflation % 7.0 4.6
Def exp a pC 14.1tr 18.7tr
US$ 9.54bn 10.07bn
Def bdgt pC 12.6tr 12.1tr
US$ 6.41bn 6.51bn
FMA US$ 55.0m 53m 66.3m
US$1=pC 1,967 1,856
a including paramilitaries
Population 43,677,372
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 16% 5% 4% 4% 19% 2%
Female 15% 5% 4% 4% 20% 3%