Completes 2021 Procurement

As part of the process of renewing its transport fleet by replacing the recently-retired Boeing 727, the Colombian Air Force (FAC) has just incorporated the second of the two Boeing 737-732s purchased at the end of 2021, following delivery of the first in April. The latest aircraft is an ex Delta Air Lines airframe, manufactured in 2008.

One of the aircraft will be modified for electronic intelligence missions, including the installation of equipment from Elbit Systems ordered under a separate $8.9 million contract. The exact system to be used has not been confirmed, but will likely be the Air Keeper suite, as currently used in the force’s EW CN-235. The FAC already operates a 737-74V as a presidential transport, a 737-4S3S and a 737-46BF in Military Transport Command (CATAM).

Santiago Rivas in Buenos Aires for MON