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FIDAE 2016: Colombia gunships near completion

29th March 2016 - 23:00 GMT | by Grant Turnbull in Santiago

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The Colombian Air Force’s (Fuerza Aérea Colombiana – FAC) programme to integrate Israeli-made Spike air-to-surface missiles onto several of its Black Hawk helicopters is almost complete, according to industry sources.

Several modified UH-60L Black Hawks are operated by the FAC, known locally as the ‘Arpia’, which have been adapted to an AH-60L gunship variant with the edition of weapon pylons and a Toplite II electro-optical sensor turret.

Earlier versions (pictured above) of the AH-60L could only fire unguided 70mm rockets and machine guns.

Now the AH-60Ls are in the process of being upgraded to the Mark IV standard, which sees

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Grant Turnbull was the editor of Land Warfare International and Digital Battlespace magazines with Shephard …

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