Foreign Military Sales (FMS): Colombia

November 1999: "The Government of Colombia has requested a possible sale of 14 UH-60L BLACKHAWK helicopters (both armed and utility) with engines, two spare T700-GE-701C engines, 28 GAU-19 .50 caliber mini-gun, 28 GAU-17 7.62mm mini-gun, 14 M265 2.75 inch rocket pods, ammunition, spare and repair parts, tools and support equipment, publications and technical data, personnel training and training equipment, Cooperative Logistics Supply Support Agreements, and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $221 million." -- From DefenseLink News, November 10, 1999 <http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov1999/m11101999_m176-99.html>.

In an unusual move, the Export-Import Bank of the United States may finance at least $20 million of this sale. See Export-Import Bank, "Summary of Minutes of Meeting of Board of Directors, November 22, 1999" <http://www.exim.gov/summary/nov99wk4.html>.

	1996 [1]		1997 [2]		1998 [3]		1999 [4]		2000 [5]		2001 [6]		2002 [7]		2003 [8]
Categories / Descriptions	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
A/C MODS, AGE AND OTHER		2,926		1,451		1,191		2,356		103		63		1,771		62
AIRCRAFT�												5,394
AIRCRAFT SPARE PARTS		7,267		4,044		1,716		3,556		2,506		3,691		4,829		3,871
BOOKS MAPS AND PUBLICATIONS																16
BOMBS		29		30
CARTRIDGE UP THRU 22MM										145				**
COMMUNICATION EQP SPARES		4		8		**		22		**		68		30		18
(CLASSIFIED) GUNS															CLASSIFIED	1,000
HELICOPTER�												194,236		8,802
HELICOPTER, TH-13			12	3,078
HELICOPTER, UH-60	4	27,261			7	56,779
LAUNCHERS ROCKET	6	20			3	24		**				170
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT EXP		809		2,115		317		602		205		4,808		689		337
MACHINE GUNS	191	487	256	831	305	1,875	46	286	123	8,241		1,157		859
MAJOR CONSTR EQP ITEMS		4		461
MISC BOATS AND CRAFT									1	82
MISC OTHER SUPPORT EQP		1,605		416		21		62		64		200		232		1
MISSILE SPARE PARTS		177		27		**		30
NON-SPEC RQMTS (CEILING)				16				**
OTHER AMMO AND COMPONENTS		124		780		603		385		132		145		417		584
OTHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES	25	1,218	27	2,288	1	49	3	140						45
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS EQP		373		290		**		181		11		109		321		57
OTHER SERVICES		448		325		225		28		165		407		719		220
OTHER SUPPLIES		360		220		267		553		83		238		63		422
OTHER TRUCKS			2	72						85
OTHER WEAPONS												17		3,359
OTHER WPNS + ORDNANCE EQP		3										661		1,370		2,002
POL, GASES AND FUELS								**				**
RADAR GRD CNTRL (GCA) EQ														**
RADAR												30
REPAIR AND REHABILITATION		1,766		1,776		2,712		9,219		1,151		2,993		419		1,624
ROCKETS												4
SEMI-TRAILERS ALL TYPES	1	174				**		**						87
SHIP SPARE PARTS		18		2		6
(CLASSIFIED) SPARE PARTS																4
SUBCALIBER WEAPONS												78		20
SUPPLY OPERATIONS		316		1,851		427		53		151		3,632		698		348
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE		75		120		32		28		356		194		109		18
TOOL KITS AND SETS		2		251								43		**		291
TOTAL BOOKS, MAPS + PUBS		6		22		32		33		36		67		127
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION		61		107		547		408		110		**		**
TOW MISSILES		2
TRAINING		59		60		424		888		684		506		435		18
TRAINING AIDS AND PUBL				8		548
VEH + SUPPORT EQUIP SPARES		220		399		176		63		24		6		2		1
WEAPONS SPARES		8		108		253		269		26		487		345		118
TOTAL COUNTRY		45,822		21,156		68,224		19,162		14,360		219,404		25,750		11,010

	1996 [1]		1997 [2]		1998 [3]		1999 [4]		2000 [5]		2001 [6]		2002 [7]		2003 [8]
Categories / Descriptions	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
A/C MODS, AGE AND OTHER		**		**		1										332
AIRCRAFT SPARE PARTS		1,585		561		2,437		1,924		826		1,288		736
BOOKS MAPS AND PUBLICATIONS																28
CARBINES							111	64				8		75	CLASSIFIED	582
CARTRIDGE												472		102
(CLASSIFIED) CARTRIDGE																106
(CLASSIFIED) CARTRIDGE																209
CART														50
CART UP THRU 22MM						1,263		50
CART 37MM TO 75MM		16		5		161
COMMERCIAL AMBULANCES	3	6	1	71	1	66
COMMUNICATION EQP SPARES		1,938		256		**		**		4		116		16		36
CONSTRUCTION																368
GENERATORS												52
GRENADES												42				**
GUN RIOT CONTROL	1	**	2	**	26	(left blank)						**
LAUNCHERS ROCKET	3	10			1	3	1	**		**				174
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT EXP		675		210		202		161		168		286				78
MACHINE GUNS	6	35	10	93	16	118	2	7		1		625		143
MINES														126
MISC BOATS AND CRAFT					9	645			16	1,345		367
MISC OTHER SUPPORT EQP		645		165		33		240		54		733		104		45
MORTARS														355
MORTARS 60 MM									1
MORTAR ROUNDS														285
MORTAR ROUNDS 60MM				1,622				39
OTHER AMMO AND COMPONENTS		330		81		129		571		1		16				17
OTHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES	10	92	11	545	1	12
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS EQP		7,247		204		202		1		**		969		14
OTHER SERVICES		132		84		9		1		32		8		76		52
OTHER SUPPLIES		89		6		11				**		27				62
OTHER TRUCKS									3	111
OTHER WEAPONS UP TO 75MM	2	27	4	43			1	10
OTHER WPNS + ORDNANCE EQP		1		8								91		190
PISTOLS		**							2,520	963
POL, GASES AND FUELS		242		109		81		209				530
REPAIR AND REHABILITATION		3,137		63		88		161		554		208		118		93
RIFLES			110	64	2	1
ROCKETS				131						75
SHIP OVERHAULS														54
SHIP SPARE PARTS		212		168		938		331		5		307		635		419
SUBCALIBER WEAPONS	1	31					2	32
SUPPLY OPERATIONS		449		197		1,220		382		44		467		193		130
TECH ASSIST FLD-TEAM (TAFT)		27		20		36		**		1
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE		653		23		238		8		1,862		8		371		76
TOOL KITS AND SETS		13								3
TOTAL BOOKS, MAPS + PUBS		78		79		5		7		13		10		127
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION		917		1,640		585		157		991		2,550		2,341
TRAINING		553		216		240				69		455		166		368
TRAINING AIDS AND PUBL		18		1				6
VEH + SUPPORT EQUIP SPARES		106		187		15		668		**		14		2		**
(CLASSIFIED) WEAPONS															CLASSIFIED	80
WEAPONS SPARES		160		83		6		520		149		748		258		229
TOTAL COUNTRY		19,424		6,935		8,748		5,549		7,271		10,397		6,709		3,311

¹ United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act Report To Congress, Fiscal Year 1996 (Washington: September 1997).

² United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Assistance Agency, Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training) Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter 2 (Washington: August 1998).

³ United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training) Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter 2 (Washington: July 1999) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655/655rep.html>.

⁴ United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training) Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter 2 (Washington: September 2000) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-99/655rep.html>.

5 United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training) Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter 2 (Washington: April 2001) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2000/FMS/2000-fms-full.pdf>.

6 United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training) Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter 2 (Washington: August 2002) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2001/FMS/2001-fms-full.pdf>.

7 United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training) Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter 2 (Washington: March 2003) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2002/FMS/Entire%20Report.pdf>.

8 United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training) Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter 2 (Washington: September 2004) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2003/6552003.html>.