Abstract

TOVAR CABRERA, Gustavo Andrés  and  FIGUEROA PEDREROS, Erika Constanza. Helicopters, a decisive factor for tactical mobility: the Colombian case (1997-2012). Rev. Cient. Gen. José María Córdova [online]. 2021, vol.19, n.34, pp.308-330.  Epub Apr 01, 2021. ISSN 1900-6586.  https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.750.

For an army, mobility and its respective effects on operational and strategic results are determining factors in executing missions at the tactical level. They are especially paramount in counterinsurgency warfare, given the difficulty of the confrontation terrain. This article studies the change in the Colombian Army's tactical air mobility from 1997, when it began to incorporate helicopters, until 2012. It presents the background of the use of aircraft for military purposes and the experience obtained by Colombia in the Korean War. The study's results show how the progressive acquisition and implementation of helicopters in the Army favorably impacted the armed confrontation, after the difficult last five years of the nineties.

Keywords : armed conflict; military aviation; military operation; military tactics; tactical air mobility.

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