The President Enrique Olaya Herrera, his Minister of War, Captain (r) Carlos Uribe Gaviria, General Alfredo Vasquez Cobo and General Efraín Rojas Acevedo, began the defense the country and took appropriate action, improvising brackets with tourist ships from the north coast of the country joining in near the Colombian-Peruvian jungle to confront the armies of Peru's President Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro. Inside the country had attracted huge aggression Peruvian patriotism and to revive the various forces for national defense, the Army, Navy and Military Aircraft, the town was clear of jewelry and valuables to, inter alia, care of the wounded and prisoners of combat and expenses demanded the same military struggle. The military aviation then going through a very critical situation, but nevertheless this, the Directorate General of Military Aviation formed what was called "The Unified Air Fleet under South" under Colonel Luis Acevedo Ruiz originally based in Caucayá and then in Puerto Boy, which was divided into three squadrons, small air units under the command of Major Herbert Boy, German pilot and veteran of World War, manager of the airline Scadta. The squadrons were composed of the cream of Colombian aviation and Lt. Heriberto Gil, known among his peers as the "" 'Chato"'", Gil was assigned to the Third Squadron, taking as companions Captain Arthur Lemos Inn, Captain Ernesto Esguerra and Captain Jose Ignacio Forero. The work of the officers was intense aviators, as well as the different missions that must constantly make to their fighters, as were those of observation, reconnaissance, transport troops and military supplies and provisions, had to establish airlift aircraft between several sites because of the difficult conditions of the thick jungle. The contest required to be continuously alert to always act with precision and quickly, without rest, for the alarms, one after another, they always kept ready. Lieutenant Gil, always beside his plane, an Osprey, average machine between the planes of observation and hunting, gave proof of great patriotism in each of the interventions that played an active part, which were many, but where it was really important and their participation was important in making Puerto Güeppi on Sunday 26 March 1933, where after nine months of the detachment Colombian armed conflict began its attack on Peru's position of Güeppi in the courageous and overwhelmingly supported by artillery fire mountain artillery and gunboats ARC ARC Cartagena and Santa Marta bombing squadron air force, which was decisive, consisting of eleven aircraft attacking for eight continuous hours.