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The Spanish Air Force (Spanish: Ejército del Aire; literally, "Army of the Air") is the air force of Spain. It is one of the 3 branches of the Spanish Armed Forces and has the mission of defending the sovereignty and independence of Spain, its territorial integrity and constitutional freedoms, basically in its air space. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1939: Events January January 12 - the RAF Auxiliary Air Force Reserve is formed February February 9 - Alex Henshaw sets a new speed record for the round trip between England and Cape Town in 4 days 10 minutes in a Percival Mew... When the Spanish Air Force was created in 1940, an older version was chosen. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A ground attack aircraft is an aircraft that is designed to operate very close to the ground, supporting infantry and tanks directly in battle. ... The Dassault Mirage F1 is a single-seat air-superiority fighter and attack aircraft built by Dassault Aviation of France. ... The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18 Hornet is a modern all-weather carrier-capable strike fighter jet, designed to attack both ground and aerial targets. ... An A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-86 Sabre, P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang fly in formation during an air show at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. ... The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18 Hornet is a modern all-weather carrier-capable strike fighter jet, designed to attack both ground and aerial targets. ... This article is about a fighter aircraft. ... A patrol bomber, or patrol aircraft, is an airplane designed to operate for long times over water in an anti-shipping or anti-submarine role. ... The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a maritime patrol aircraft of numerous militaries around the world, used primarily for maritime patrol, reconnaissance, and anti-submarine warfare. ... The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. ... English Electric Canberra PR.9 photo reconnaissance aircraft CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft of the Canadian Air Force. ... Dassault Falcon 20s at RIAT 2005. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The F-5A/B Freedom Fighter and F-5E/F Tiger II are part of a family of widely used light supersonic fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop in the United States, beginning in 1960s. ... Royal Jordanian Air Force C-101CC-04 Patrulla Aguilas Aviojet Patrulla Aguila getting very close at RIAT 2005! The CASA C-101 Aviojet is a Spanish jet-powered trainer aircraft currently in use by the air forces of Spain, Chile, Honduras, and Jordan. ... The Fork Tailed Doctor Killer. ... The Beechcraft King Air is a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation (now the Beechcraft Division of Raytheon Aircraft). ... The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. ... CASA C-295 is a twin-engined transport aircraft made by CASA/EADS. The C-295 is used by several air forces. ... CASA CN-235M-100 of the Spanish Air Force The CN-235 is a medium-range twin-turbo-prop aircraft developed jointly between CASA in Spain and IPTN in Indonesia as a regional airliner and military transport. ... The Boeing 707 is an American four-engine commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. ... The Airbus A310 is a medium to long-range widebody airliner manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. It was Airbus second model to be introduced, and is a shortened derivative of the A300. ... AS 532 Cougar The Eurocopter Cougar is a twin-engined, medium-weight, multipurpose helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter. ... For a particular Air Force, see List of air forces. ... The Spanish Armed Forces consists of the Army, Navy and Air Force. ...

History

The beginnings

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.

The Spanish Civil War

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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 141 KB)A Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 during a bombing raid in the Spanish Civil War, photograph most likely taken in 1935. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 141 KB)A Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 during a bombing raid in the Spanish Civil War, photograph most likely taken in 1935. ... The Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello (Italian: bat) was a three-engined bomber/transport in the Italian Regia Aeronautica during World War II. History The SM.81 was a development of Savoia-Marchettis earlier SM.73 airliner, with similar cantilever wings, three engines, and fixed tail landing gear. ... Fiat CR.32 The Fiat CR.32 was a Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and WW2. ...

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. Polikarpov I-16 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2003 The Polikarpov I-16 was an advanced Soviet fighter aircraft when it was introduced in the mid-1930s, and it formed the backbone of the Soviet Air Force at the beginning of World War II. The diminutive fighter prominently featured in the... â€œFrancoâ€ redirects here. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Hermann GÃ¶ring delivering an honour (likely to be the Spanienkreuz, Spanish Cross) to a member of the Legion Condor (April 1939) The Condor Legion was a unit of Nazi Germanys air force which was sent as volunteers to support the right wing Nationalists (i. ... Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, refers to the right-wing authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... The Aviazione Legionaria (Aviation Legion) was an unit sent by the Italian Regia Aeronautica (Royal Air Force) in support of Francos Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. ...

In July 1936, the first German Junkers Ju-52 and Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM-81 arrived. In August were deployed the Fiat CR-32 and Heinkel He-51 fighters. Those planes helped the army in revolt to gain full control of the air. The Junkers Ju 52 (nicknamed Tante Ju - Auntie Ju - and Iron Annie) was a transport aircraft and bomber manufactured 1932 â€“ 1945 by Junkers. ... The Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello (Italian: bat) was a three-engined bomber/transport aircraft serving in the Italian Regia Aeronautica during World War II. Despite being too slow to remain competitive as a bomber, it was one of the most flexible, reliable and important aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica... The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and WW2. ... The Heinkel He 51 was a single-seat biplane which was produced in a number of different versions. ...

The Spanish Air Force

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. During World War II one air section, the Division Azul, a Spanish volunteer group fought alongside the Axis Powers on the Eastern Front. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 516 pixelsFull resolution (1004 Ã— 648 pixel, file size: 93 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Other versions File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 516 pixelsFull resolution (1004 Ã— 648 pixel, file size: 93 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Other versions File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Not to be confused with the Spanish Civil War of 1820-1823. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Blue Division (Spanish DivisiÃ³n Azul, German: ), or 250. ... This article is about the independent states that comprised the Axis powers. ... Combatants Soviet Union,[1] Poland, Tannu Tuva (until 1944 incorporation with USSR), Mongolia Germany,[2] Italy (to 1943), Romania (to 1944), Finland (to 1944), Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Spain (to 1943, unofficial) Commanders Joseph Stalin, Aleksei Antonov, Ivan Konev, Rodion Malinovsky, Ivan Bagramyan, Kirill Meretskov, Ivan Petrov, Alexander Rodimtsev, Konstantin Rokossovsky...

On March 18, 1946, the first Spanish paratroop unit was created. It participated in the Ifni War during 1957 and 1958. The Ifni War, also known as the 1957 Invasion of Spanish Sahara and, in Spain, the Forgotten War (la Guerra Ignorada), was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents and indigenous Sahrawi rebels that began in October 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of...

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. 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 North American F-86 Sabre (sometimes called the Sabrejet) was a transonic combat aircraft developed for the US Air Force. ... Categories: Aircraft stubs | U.S. military trainer aircraft 1940-1949 ... This article is about the first T-6 Texan. ... Douglas DC-3 VH-AES at Avalon in 2003. ... The designation DC-4 was used by Douglas Aircraft Company when developing the DC-4E as a large, four-engined type to complement its forthcoming DC-3 design. ... The F-4 Phantom II (simply F-4 Phantom after 1990) is a two-place (tandem), supersonic, long-range, all-weather fighter-bomber built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation. ... The F-5 Freedom Fighter (or Tiger II) is a low cost entry level supersonic fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop in the United States, beginning in 1962. ...

The organization and equipment of the Spanish Air Force was again modernised in the 1970s to prepare Spain's membership of NATO in 1982. This article is about the military alliance. ...

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. Former South African Air Force Mirage IIICZ The Dassault Mirage III is a supersonic fighter aircraft designed in France during the 1950s, and manufactured both in France and a number of other countries. ... The Dassault Mirage F1 is a single-seat air-superiority fighter and attack aircraft built by Dassault of France. ... The F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather fighter and attack aircraft. ... The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... This article is about the military alliance. ... Aviano, 46Â°04â€² N 12Â°35â€² E, is a town and comune of Pordenone province at the foot of the Dolomites mountain range in northern Italy. ...

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. This article is about a fighter aircraft. ... The Airbus A400M is a four-engine turboprop aircraft, designed by Airbus Military to meet the demand of European nations for military airlift. ...

Its Aerobatic display team is the Patrulla Aguila. Patrulla Aguila is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Spanish Air Force. ...

Air Bases

MorÃ³n Air Base is located at 37Â°10â€²N 5Â°36â€²W in southern Spain, approximately 35 miles southeast of the city of Sevilla and 75 miles northeast of Rota Naval Station. ... Torrejon Air Base was a joint base shared between the air forces of the United States and Spain. ... Zaragoza Air Base is a Spanish Air Force Base in Spain. ...

Order of Battle

See Also Spanish Air Force Order of Battle Map showing the position of the Air Bases of the Spanish Air Force // Category: ...

Functional Structure

The basic organization of the Air Force is the following: Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Royal Jordanian Air Force C-101CC-04 Patrulla Aguilas Aviojet Patrulla Aguila getting very close at RIAT 2005! The CASA C-101 Aviojet is a Spanish jet-powered trainer aircraft currently in use by the air forces of Spain, Chile, Honduras, and Jordan. ... Patrulla Ãguila is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Spanish Air Force, based at San Javier airbase near La Manga, in the Murcia region of Spain. ...

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Operative Structure

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. Thus, Ala 15, with base in Zaragoza Air Base, is formed by two squadrons with 18 F-18 each. For other uses, see Wing (disambiguation). ... A Squadron is a grouping of aircraft, naval vessels, armoured fighting vehicles or soldiers. ... Zaragoza Air Base is a Spanish Air Force Base in Spain. ...

Codification and numerals

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. The Hawker Harrier, one of the famous examples of a plane with VTOL capability. ...

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.

Aircraft Inventory

The Spanish Air Force operates a wide-ranging fleet of aircraft, everything from fighters to transport aircraft and passenger transports to helicopters. 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. 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.^[2] These air assets are supported by ground units and a sophisticated infrastructure^[3] The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. ... CASA C-295 is a twin-engined transport aircraft made by CASA/EADS. The C-295 is used by several air forces. ... Royal Jordanian Air Force C-101CC-04 Patrulla Aguilas Aviojet Patrulla Aguila getting very close at RIAT 2005! The CASA C-101 Aviojet is a Spanish jet-powered trainer aircraft currently in use by the air forces of Spain, Chile, Honduras, and Jordan. ...

The "Future backbone" of the Spanish Air Force will be mainly composed of the new generation fighter, the Eurofighter Typhoon.^[4] This article is about a fighter aircraft. ...

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Historical aircraft

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The de Havilland DH 89 Dragon Rapide was a successful British short-haul passenger airliner of the 1930s. ... The Aero A.101 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. ... The BlÃ©riot SPAD S.510 was the last French bi-plane fighter to be produced. ... The MB.210 and MB.211 were the successors of the French Bloch MB.200 bomber aircraft built by Societé des Avions Marcel Bloch in the 1930s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A 1/72 scale model from Heller of Dewoitine D.510 in French AF markings The Dewoitine D.510 was the latest of the D.500 series of all-metal open cockpit fixed-undercarriage monoplane fighters used by the ArmÃ©e de lAir in the 1930s. ... A 1/72 scale model from Heller of Dewoitine D.510 in French AF markings The Dewoitine D.510 was the latest of the D.500 series of all-metal open cockpit fixed-undercarriage monoplane fighters used by the ArmÃ©e de lAir in the 1930s. ... 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The CASA 2. ... German Airfield, France, 1941 propaganda photo of the Luftwaffe, Bf 109 fighters on the tarmac The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in the early 1930s. ... Hispano AviaciÃ³n HA-1112 K. 1. ... Do 27 used by Bernhard Grzimek The Dornier Do 27 was a German single-engine STOL-utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier). ... The Hispano HA-200 Saeta was a 1950s Spanish two-seat advanced jet trainer produced by Hispano AviaciÃ³n. ... The CASA C-202 HalcÃ³n was a Spanish twin-engine transport aircraft, constructed by CASA. The HalcÃ³n was designed for use on Spains international air routes. ... The CASA C-207 Azor was a Spanish transport aircraft produced by CASA. It was a scaled-up version of the CASA C-202 HalcÃ³n and was designed for the domestic civil market. ... 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^ http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/webaire.nsf/generahtml?OpenAgent&id=6485A0861301E048C12570D700463CE4
^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.
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