C-130 in Colombia
Three ex Canadian Armed Forces CC-130Bs were aquired by the Colombian Air Force in 1969 through Lockheed-Georgia and delivered to the Military Air Transport Group, based at El Dorado Airport, Bogota. They were serialed FAC 1001 to FAC 1003. None of them are in service now, 1001 is inoperative at Bogota Airport, 1002 crashed in July 1969 and 1003 ditched into the sea near Cape May, New Jersey in January 1982, after a failure in the navigation systems which made the Hercules fly until the fuel tanks were empty. The plane was afloat for 50 hours and then sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

In 1983, the FAC received two C-130H (FAC 1004 and 1005) and in September 1989, the USAF leased them two C-130Bs for anti-narcotics operations. One of this aircrafts returned to the U.S., but the other (presumably FAC 1007) broke the landing gear after a force-landing in Bogota. In December 1992, the FAC received five C-130Bs serialled FAC 1006, 1008, 1009, 1010 and 1011, one of them being an "Elint" C-130B II.
 


Registration
Variant
Serial
Delivery
Notes
1001
CC-130B
3575
Jan 1969
ex CAF 10302, ex N4653, written off
1002
CC-130B
3587
Jan 1969
ex CAF 10303, ex N4654, written off  08/26/69
1003
CC-130B
3572
Jan 1969
ex CAF 10301, ex N6707, written off Jan 1982
1004
C-130H
n/a
1983
 
1005
C-130H
n/a
1983
 
1006
C-130B
n/a
Dec 1992
 
1007
C-130B
n/a
1989
written off near Bogotá
1008
C-130B II
n/a
Dec 1992
"Elint" aircraft leased by the USAF
1009
C-130B
n/a
Dec 1992
 
1010
C-130B
n/a
Dic 1992
 
1011
C-130B 
n/a
Dic 1992
 
n/a
C-130B
n/a
1989
leased by the USAF

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C-130H FAC
C-130H FAC
C-130H s/n FAC 1005
(World Air Power Journal)
C-130H s/n FAC 1005
(Air Forces Monthly)
C-130B s/n FAC 1010
(Tim Spearman/API)
C-130H FAC
CC-130B FAC
C-130H FAC
C-130H s/n FAC 1005
(Orlando Rueda)
CC-130B s/n FAC 1001
(via Orlando Rueda)
C-130H s/n FAC 1004
(World Air Power)