| Ejercito del Aire Spanish Air Force | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 7 October 1939 |
| Country | Spain |
| Size | 27. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1939: Events January January 12 - the RAF Auxiliary Air Force Reserve Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. 122 personnel 620 aircraft |
| Command HQ | Cuartel General del Ejército del Aire (CGEA) |
| March | Spanish Air Force Anthem |
| Commanders | |
| Chief of the Air Staff | Chief of the Spanish Air Force |
| Insignia | |
| Roundel | |
| High and Low visibility Fin flashs | |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack | Mirage F1, F/A-18 |
| Fighter | F/A-18, Eurofighter |
| Patrol | P-3 Orion, Fokker F27 |
| Reconnaissance | Falcon 20 |
| Trainer | F-5, CASA C-101, Beechcraft Bonanza, King Air, Colibrí |
| Transport | Hercules, CASA C-295, CASA CN-235, 707, A310, Cougar |
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Although Spanish Military Aviation started with a balloon force in 1896, April 10, 1910 is the date when the Spanish military aviation was formally formed by means of a Royal Decree.
On November 5, 1913, during the war with Morocco, a Spanish expeditionary squadron became the first organized military air unit to see real combat during the first organized bombing in history. Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa
During this war, the Spanish Military Aviation was divided in two: The Spanish Republic Air Forces (Fuerzas Aéreas de la República Española-FARE), created by the republican government and the National Aviation (Aviación Nacional), created by the army in revolt. The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
At first, the republican air forces had the control of the majority of the territory using the Soviet Polikarpov I-16, but the help received by Francisco Franco from Nazi Germany (Condor Legion) and Fascist Italy (Aviazione Legionaria) changed this. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde (born December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, died November 20, 1975 in Madrid Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Condor Legion (Legion Condor was a unit composed of "volunteers" from the German Air Force ( Luftwaffe) which served with the Nationalist The Kingdom of Italy ( Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom The Aviazione Legionaria ("Legionary Air Force" was a unit sent by the Italian Regia Aeronautica ("Royal Air Force" in support of Franco's
In July 1936, the first German Junkers Ju-52 and Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM-81 arrived. WikipediaWikiProject WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout In August were deployed the Fiat CR-32 and Heinkel He-51 fighters. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Heinkel He 51 was a German single-seat Biplane which was produced in a number of different versions Those planes helped the army in revolt to gain full control of the air.
The current Ejército del Aire (EdA) was not formed until October 7, 1939, at the end of the Spanish Civil War, as a successor to the Nationalist and Republican Air Forces. The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of During World War II one air section, the "Blue Squadron" (Escuadrilla Azul), operated into the Division Azul, a Spanish volunteer group who fought alongside the Axis Powers on the Eastern Front. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Blue Division (División Azul Blaue Division or 250 Infanterie-Division in the German Army, was a unit of Spanish volunteers The Axis powers also known as the Axis alliance Axis nations Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those Countries The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign
On March 18, 1946, the first Spanish paratroop unit was created. It participated in the Ifni War during 1957 and 1958. The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain ( la Guerra Olvidada) was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by
Links were established in the 1950s with the United States. Spain received its first jets, like the F-86 Sabre and Lockheed T-33 together with training and transport planes like the T-6 Texan, DC-3 and DC-4. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This first age of jets was replaced in the 60's by newer fighters like the F-4C Phantom and F-5 Freedom Fighter
The organization and equipment of the Spanish Air Force was again modernised in the 1970s to prepare Spain's membership of NATO in 1982. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The North Atlantic Treaty
Planes like the Mirage III and Mirage F1 were bought from France and became the backbone of the Air Force during the 70's and part of the 80's until the arrival of the American F/A-18 which participated in the Kosovo War under NATO command, based in Aviano, Italy. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts in Kosovo: 1996–1999 The North Atlantic Treaty Aviano ( Friulian Avian) is a town and Comune of Province of Pordenone at the foot of the Dolomites mountain range in Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
The Spanish Air Force is currently replacing older aircraft in the inventory with newer ones including the recently introduced Eurofighter Typhoon and the Airbus A400M airlifter manufactured with Spanish participation. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
Its Aerobatic display team is the Patrulla Aguila, which flies the CASA C-101 Aviojet; while its helicopter display team flies the Eurocopter EC-120 Colibrí and it's called Patrulla Aspa. Patrulla Águila ("Eagle Patrol" is the Aerobatic demonstration team of the Spanish Air Force, based at San Javier airbase near La Manga, in WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
See Also Spanish Air Force Order of Battle
The basic organization of the Air Force is the following:
The usual operative unit is the ALA (wing), composed by two or three ESCUADRONES (squadrons), each one of which is integrated by 18 to 24 airplanes. WING "ESPN 1410" is a commercial AM radio station in Dayton Ohio operating with 5000 watts at 1410 kHz with studios offices and transmitter located on David A squadron is a small unit or formation of Cavalry, armour, Aircraft (including Balloons) or Warships Army Thus, Ala 15, with base in Zaragoza Air Base, is formed by two squadrons with 18 F-18 each. Zaragoza Airport is a commercial Airport near Zaragoza, Spain.
The planes used by the Spanish Air Force are identified with one or two letters followed by two numbers that appear painted on the fuselages. The first number corresponds to the unit to which they belong, and the second, to the order in which they were incorporated.
The letter or letters, correspond to the use given. Thus, C means cazabombardero (fighter bomber); A, ataque (attack); P, patrulla (patrol); T, transporte (transport); E, enseñanza (training); D, search and rescue; H, helicopter; K, cistern; V, Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL); and U, utilitarian. VTOL is an abbreviation for Vertical Take-Off and Landing. VTOL describes Fixed-wing aircraft that can lift off vertically
Example: the F-18 with the C. 15-08 numeral in the tail is the fifteenth type of fighter that arrived in the Spanish Air Force (the Eurofighter is the C. 16) and is the eighth apparatus of this type to enter the SAF. On the nose or fuselage they have a numeral specific to the unit in which they are based. Example: the fourth F-18 arriving at Ala 12 will have in the nose the numeral 12-04.
Some versions of planes in service as two-seater versions or cistern versions of transports planes do add another letter to differentiate their function, and have an order of arrival to the Air Force different from other versions. Example: The CE. 15-02 will be the second F-18 two-seater (Fighter and Training) delivered to the SAF.
The Spanish Air Force operates a wide-ranging fleet of aircraft, everything from fighters to transport aircraft and passenger transports to helicopters. Here can be found a list of Spanish Air Force aircraft those types that have served and been retired by the Spanish Air Force It currently maintains some 620 aircraft. [1] The transport force role is taken by planes such as the C-130 Hercules and the CASA C-295. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Spanish Air Force also includes 35 helicopters like the Cougar and the Colibri. 180 fighter aircraft are incorporated into 9 alas (wings) charged with different missions. Finally, the Spanish Air Force has a fleet of aircraft, including the one manufactured in Spain CASA C-101, Beechcraft Bonanza and Enaer T-35C, to meet training requirements. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout [2] These air assets are supported by ground units and a sophisticated infrastructure[3]
The "Future backbone" of the Spanish Air Force will be mainly composed of the new generation fighter, the Eurofighter Typhoon. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout [4]
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Versions | In service[5] | Service entry[6] | Units |
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| Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma | utility helicopter | SA 330 | 5 SAR | 1974 | 801 Esc. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. | |
| Airbus A310 | VIP transport | A310-300 | 2 | 2003 | 45 Grupo | |
| Beechcraft Bonanza | trainer | F-33C | 30 | 1974 | 42 Grupo Academia General del Aire | |
| Beechcraft C-90 King Air | VIP and liaison transport | Beechcraft C-90 | 1990 | 42 Grupo | ||
| Boeing 707 | aerial refuelling & transport | 707-368C(KC) | 3 | 1987 | 45 Grupo Centro Inteligencia Aérea | |
| Canadair CL-215 Scooper | firefighting aircraft | CL-215T | 15 | 1991 | 43 Grupo | |
| Canadair CL-415 Superscooper | firefighting aircraft | CL-415 | 1 (of 10) | 2006 | 43 Grupo | |
| CASA C-101 Aviojet | jet-powered trainer | C-101EB-01 | 92 | 1980 | Academia General del Aire Grupo de Escuelas de Matacán | |
| CASA C.212 Aviocar | tactical transport & search & rescue | Series 100 Series 200 Series 300 | 74 T-12 3 VIP 10 T-12B 6 SAR | 1974 | Academia General del Aire Ala 37 801 Escuadrón Base Aérea de Alcantarilla Centro Cartográfico y Fotográfico (CECAF) 47 Grupo Mixto Grupo de Escuelas de Matacán Ala 48 721 Escuadrón Base Aérea de Son San Juan Centro Logístico de Armamento y Experimentación (CLAEX) | |
| CASA CN-235 | tactical transport | Series 100 Series 200 Series 300 | 20 | 1988 | Ala 35 | |
| CASA C-295 | tactical transport | C-295M | 13 | 2000 | Ala 35 | |
| Cessna Citation | VIP transport | Citation V | 2 | 1992 | Centro Cartográfico y Fotográfico | |
| Dassault Falcon 20 | VIP transport & ILS Calibrations | Mystère 20 | 3 | 1970 | 45 Grupo Centro Inteligencia Aérea | |
| Dassault Falcon 50 | VIP transport | Mystère 50 | 4 | 1979 | 45 Grupo Centro Inteligencia Aérea | |
| Dassault Falcon 900 | VIP transport | Falcon 900 | 2 | 1988 | 45 Grupo | |
| Dassault Mirage F1 | fighter/attack | Mirage F1M | 46 | 1975 | Ala 14 | |
| Dornier Do 27 | light utility aircraft | CASA-127 | 61 | 1960 | Academia Básica del Aire Academia General del Aire Ala 12 Ala 14 | |
| ENAER T-35C Pillán | trainer | T-35C | 40 | 1987 | Academia General del Aire | |
| Eurocopter EC 120 Colibri | light utility helicopter | EC 120B | 15 | 2000 | Ala 78 | |
| Eurocopter AS 532 Cougar | medium utility helicopter | AS 532 | 10 SAR 2 VIP | 1982 | Ala 46 Ala 48 | |
| Eurofighter Typhoon | multirole fighter | Tranche 1 | 18 (of 87) | 2003 | Ala 11 | |
| Fokker F27 Maritime | maritime Reconnaissance | F27 Maritime | 3 | 1979 | 802 Escuadrón | |
| Lockheed C-130 Hercules | tactical transport | C-130H KC-130H | 7 5 | 1973 | Ala 31 | |
| Lockheed P-3 Orion | maritime patrol aircraft | P-3A P-3B | 2 5 | 1973 | Ala 11 | |
| McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet | multirole fighter | F-18M F-18A+ | 67 22 | 1986 | Ala 12 Ala 15 Ala 46 | |
| Northrop F-5 Tiger II | fighter-bomber | F-5M | 22 | 1970 | Ala 23 | |
| Sikorsky S-76 Spirit | mid size utility helicopter | Sikorsky S-76C | 8 | 1977 | Ala 78 |