Apiay Air Force Base
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The Apiay Air Force Base is a military base of the Military of Colombia assigned to the Colombian Air Force Aerial Combat Command 2 (Comando Aereo de Combate 2, CACOM 2) unit mainly but also hosts members of the Colombian Army and Colombian Navy. The base is located near the city of Villavicencio, Department of Meta in central Colombia by the steps of the Andes mountain range and the plains of the Colombian Llanos.
The base also hosts members of the United States Military under a cooperation program under Plan Colombia intended to help the Colombian military with the eradication of illegal drug trade and the illegally armed groups in the Colombian armed conflict.
Apiay has served as base for operations such as Plan Patriota which included operations such as Operation JM.
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