Colombian army aviation recent history traces back to August 1995 when the air branch was last re-established. Most of the aircraft arrived with the Plan Colombia sponsored by the United States. In 2003 the aviation school is created at Tolemaida and in 2004 the 1st Aviation Battalion is activated. In 2007 is created the current División de Aviación Asalto Aéreo ( DAAVA, Air Assault Aviation Division ) which groups all the aviation units and aircraft.
21-Feb-24 - Avidyne upgrades Colombian Army Huey (UH-1H, UH-1N), MI-17, and UH-60 helicopter fleet with IFD550 Flight Management Systems (FMS) providing FMS/GPS/SBAS navigation, VHF NAV/COM, 3D Synthetic Vision, RS-170 video display, HTAWS and more #Colombia
14-Feb-24 - The South Carolina National Guard responded to dozens of fires in Bogota, Colombia, by lending multiple helicopter buckets under its State Partnership Program partnership #Colombia
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
04-Apr-18 - Sikorsky Colombia offering maintenance and training for the Black Hawk. Colombia is the larger Latin American operator with more than 100 delivered to Air Force, Army and Police.
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
31-Jul-15 - Aviation maintenance personnel from the Republic of Colombia’s armed forces participated in a subject matter expert exchange with the South Carolina Army National Guard
17-Oct-13 - WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., has delivered to the Colombian Army two S-70i Black Hawk helicopters incorporating a Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS) as standard equipment.
10-Apr-13 - RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil - Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. announced today at the LAAD Defence & Security International Exhibition that the Colombian Army has contracted to buy two additional S-70i Black Hawk helicopters.
21-Mar-13 - Stratford, Connecticut - The Colombian Army has formally inducted five new Sikorsky S-70i multi-mission helicopters into its fleet of Black Hawk aircraft. Colombia is the first South American country to buy the S-70i Black Hawk helicopter variant from Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
30-Jan-13 - Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced plans to structurally repair seven damaged Colombian Army UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters at its base depot in Tolemaida