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Marco Fidel Suárez Air Base. / 3.45889°N 76.49639°W / 3.45889; -76.49639. Marco Fidel Suárez Air Base ( Spanish: Base Aérea Marco Fidel Suárez) ( ICAO: SKGB) is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Aerospace Force ( Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana or FAC) Military Aviation School ( Escuela Militar de Aviación or EMAVI).
Colombian Air Force bases (6 P) Pages in category "Military installations of Colombia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The air base resides at an elevation of 1,617 feet (493 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 04/22 has an asphalt pavement measuring 9,280 by 96 feet (2,829 m × 29 m) and 04L/22R with a concrete surface measuring 1,431 by 65 feet (436 m × 20 m). [1] It is the home of the Colombian National Training Center. [4]
The National Army of Colombia ( Spanish: Ejército Nacional de Colombia) is the land warfare service branch of the Military Forces of Colombia. With over 361,420 active personnel as of 2020, it is the largest and oldest service branch in Colombia, and is the second largest army in the Americas after the United States and before Brazil .
In 1961 it received the name Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base as a tribute to Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño (1896-1934), a Colombian military aviator. [6] In 1972, the base receives its first jet aircraft, T-33 and T-37, brought from the Combat Air Command No.1, and changes its name to the present day name of Combat Air Command No.2.
The Military Forces of Colombia (Spanish: Fuerzas Militares de Colombia) are the unified armed forces of the Republic of Colombia. They consist of the Colombian Army, the Colombian Navy and the Colombian Aerospace Force. The National Police of Colombia, although technically not part of the military, is controlled and administered by the ...
The Naval Infantry is a constituent part of the Navy whose origins date back to the wars of independence. Today's Colombian Marines trace their heritage and military traditions from the Gran Colombia Marine Corps raised in 1822, by orders of Major General Francisco de Paula Santander, with Captain Diego Antonio García, who was appointed commander of the 6th Marine Company raised that year ...
Colonel Luis Arturo Rodríguez Meneses Air Base ( Spanish: Base Aérea Coronel Luis Arturo Rodríguez Meneses) ( ICAO: SKUA) is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Aerospace Force ( Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana or FAC) Eastern Air Group ( Grupo Aéreo del Oriente or GAORI). The base is located in Marandúa, near Santa Rita, in ...