In an unprecedented operation that combines social innovation, culture and aeronautical excellence, the Colombian Aerospace Force and its Professional Reserve Officers, starred in a mission that transcends any flight manual: to transport a piano from Bogotá to Mitú, Vaupés department, carrying musical hope after crossing 600 kilometers away in the heart of the Colombian Amazonas region.
The mission was planned and executed by the Military Transport Air Command, CATAM and the Air Combat Command No. 2, CACOM 2, highlighting the purpose of the FAC's emblematic C-130 Hercules in a new mission, as it is traditionally associated with humanitarian aid work and strategic transport to hard-to-reach areas, but now it has expanded its institutional mission: it is in the same way a vehicle for cultural transformation.
The National Orchestra of Hope of the artist César López, present in more than 30 territories of the country, has distributed more than 3,000 musical instruments in communities hit by the armed conflict. The arrival of the piano in Mitú marks a milestone: it is the first time in 10 years that the organization has transported an instrument of this size and weight across 600 kilometers of national geography.
Vaupés is Laboratory of diversity and hope
The department of Vaupés, whose population counts 90% of indigenous people belonging to 27 different peoples speaking 23 different languages, represents the most diverse ethnic and linguistic mosaic in Colombia. The arrival of the piano at the Mitú Departmental Library is not only a cultural gesture: it is a declaration of faith in the transformative potential of art in historically marginalized territories.
Source: Public Communications Office CATAM and CACOM 2
