Colombia’s helicopter haven

With pilot training and combat capabilities, Comando Aéreo de Combate 4 is the Fuerza Aérea Colombiana’s primary helicopter unit. As Santiago Rivas reports, its 70-aircraft fleet makes it the largest helicopter unit in Latin America. CACOM 4 AT MELGAR One of Melgar’s UH-1Hs, FAC 4512, armed with M60 machine guns. These aircraft are mostly used to train new pilots arriving from the helicopter school. 1st Lieutenant Grace Martínez UST 43 miles (70km) to the southwest of Colombia’s capital Bogotá, the