Spanish Air Force
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The Spanish Air Force (Spanish: Ejército del Aire; literally, "Army of the Air") is the air force of Spain.
Although Spanish military aviation started with a balloon force in 1896, the current Ejército del Aire (EdA) was not formed until 1939 at the end of the Spanish Civil War as a successor to the Nationalist Air Force.
Links were established in the 1950s with the United States and the organisation and equipment was modernised in the 1970s to prepare Spain's membership of NATO in 1982.
The EdA is currently replacing older aircraft in the inventory with newer aircraft including the recently inrtoduced Eurofighter Typhoon and the Airbus A400M airlifter.
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[edit] Air Bases
- Los Llanos Albacete
- Gando Gran Canaria
- Torrejón Madrid
- Getafe Madrid
- Son Sant Joan Palma de Mallorca
- San Javier Murcia
- Manises Valencia (now civilian)
- Morón Sevilla
- Zaragoza Zaragoza
- Villanubla Valladolid
[edit] Aircraft
- Aerospatiale SA330J Puma
- Airbus A310-304 (2)
- Beechcraft F33C Bonanza
- Beechcraft C90 King Air
- Boeing 707
- Canadair CL-215
- Canadair CL-215T
- Canadair CL-415
- CASA C-101 Aviojet (60)
- CASA C-212
- CASA C-295 (9)
- CASA-Nurtanio CN235M
- Cessna 560 Citation V
- Dassault Falcon 20
- Dassault Falcon 900
- Dassault Falcon 900B
- Dassault Mirage F1 (72)
- Dornier Do 27
- ENAER T-35C Tamiz
- Eurocopter AS332B
- Eurocopter AS332M1
- Eurocopter AS532UL Cougar
- Eurocopter EC-120B Colibri
- Eurofighter Typhoon (Delivery in Progress)
- Fokker F27-200 Maritime
- Lockheed C-130H Hercules
- Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules
- Lockheed KC-130H Hercules
- Lockheed P-3A Orion
- Lockheed P-3B Orion
- Lockheed P-3M Orion
- McDonnell Douglas EF-18B Hornet (96)
- Northrop SF-5B Freedom Fighter
- Northrop SF-5M Freedom Fighter
- Sikorsky S-76C
[edit] On Order
- Airbus Military A400M (27)
- Eurofighter Typhoon (71 Single-seat and 16 two-seat)
- NHIndustries NH90 tactical transport and search and rescue (28)
[edit] Historical aircraft
- Avro 504
- SPAD S.XIII
- Breguet 19
- Nieuport-Delage 52
- Dornier Do J
- Savoia-Marchetti S-62
- Vickers Vildebeest
- de Havilland DH.60 Moth
- Fokker F.VII
- Fokker D.XXI
- Hawker Fury
- Hawker Osprey
- Bristol Bulldog
- de Havilland Dragon Rapide
- Aero A.101
- Blériot S.510
- Dewoitine 371
- Dewoitine D.500
- Dewoitine D.510
- Boeing P-26
- Grumman FF-1
- Polikarpov I-15
- Polikarpov I-16
- Polikarpov R-5
- Polikarpov RZ
- Tupolev SB-2
- Fiat Cr.32
- Fiat G.50
- Fiat BR.20
- Breda Ba.65
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.81
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
- Henschel Hs 123
- Heinkel He 46
- Heinkel He 51
- Heinkel He 112
- Dornier Do 17
- Dornier Do 24
- Junkers Ju 52 and CASA 352
- Heinkel He 111 and CASA 2.111
- Messerschmitt Bf 109
- Hispano Aviacion Ha 1112
- Dornier Do 27
- Hispano Aviacion Ha 100 Triana
- Hispano Aviacion Ha 200 Saeta
- CASA 201 Alcotán
- CASA 202 Halcón
- CASA 207 Azor
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Grumman HU-16 Albatross
- North American Aviation T-6 Texan
- Beechcraft T-34 Mentor
- Bell 47 Sioux
- Douglas DC-8
- Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
- North American F-86 Sabre
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
- Dassault Mirage III
- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- (Spanish) Home page of the Spanish Air Force
- (Spanish) Unofficial Spanish Air Force page
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