Rare Colombian Air Force CN235
Participating in the current Red Flag Rescue 2021 exercise at Davis Monthan AFB (AZ) is this Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (FAC, Colombian Air Force) heavily modified ECN235, serial FAC1262 (construction number C-121), operated by Escuadrón de Combate Táctico 113 Fantasma based at Palanquero.
Ned Harris managed to take this photo of the ECN235 Lechuza, as the FAC has named to the Electronic Warfare variant, on 8 May 2021. The FAC is participating in this international exercise with the ECN235 and four Embraer A-29B Super Tucano light attack aircraft, serials FAC3115, FAC3116, FAC3123 and FAC3125, operated by Escuadrón de Combate 211 Grifos based at Apiay.
The training exercise will take place at Davis Monthan AFB from 7 to 21 May 2021. The Red Flag-Rescue exercise is the Department of Defense’s (DoD) premier Combat Search And Rescue exercise (CSAR). It provides realistic CSAR training in contested, degraded and operationally limited environments.
Photo by Ned Harris