06-Aug-25 - United Rotorcraft, the MRO division of Air Methods, obtained its first international contract for the Firehawk firefighter helicopter by converting two legacy UH-60 Black Hawks of the Colombian Air Force #Firehawk
09-Apr-24 - Colombia awards Spanish company ITP Aero a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contract through June 2026 in Albacete for the T700 engines that powers its Black Hawk helicopter fleet #T700
27-Nov-21 - CIAC Colombia will buy and stock spare parts for UH-60L and S-70i Black Hawk helicopters operated by the Colombian Army, Air Force and National Police #CIAC
11-Jan-21 - The Colombian Air Force ordered one AW139 as the new presidential helicopter. The VVIP aircraft will be delivered this year. The AW139M is also offered as replacement of the aging Bell UH-1H / 212 used by military and police of the South American country #president
05-Aug-19 - US Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) sent 60 Bell TH-67A Creek (Bell 206B-3) training helicopters to the Regional Helicopter Training Center in Melgar, Colombia under Title 10, Section 333 authority: support foreign countries in counter-illicit drug trafficking operations. Each helicopter valued $25,000
04-Dec-17 - Honeywell, Colombia’s Aeronautics Industry Corporation (CIAC) and the Colombian Air Force open new facility to maintain Bell 212, Bell 412, Bell 206/TH-67 and Hughes helicopters
04-Aug-16 - Formed in 2012, Sikorsky Colombia operates a Black Hawk depot repair facility fully tooled and equipped to provide complete airframe structural repairs and is now offering its services to Mexico
30-Mar-16 - The Colombian Air Force (FAC) had accepted their seventh Huey II Kit in order to revitalize the UH-1H fleet. All conversions have been completed in-country.
06-Jul-11 - RIO NEGRO, Colombia - Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced today that construction of a new UH-60 BLACK HAWK Helicopter Flight Simulator Training Center at the Colombian Air Force Base in Melgar is well under way and on schedule for completion this year. A premier training center for rotary wing aircraft, the facility will further improve the operational readiness of the Colombian Armed Services whose BLACK HAWK fleet ranks among the world’s largest. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
04-Nov-08 - STRATFORD, Connecticut - Sikorsky Aerospace Services, the aftermarket company of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today announced a multimillion- dollar contract to convert six Colombian Air Force UH-60A BLACK HAWK helicopters into the more modern UH-60L configuration. Two additional upgrade kits also are included in the program. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
