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CASA C-295, CASA CN-235, CASA C-212, King Air, A400M, Airbus A310, Falcon 900. Tanker. A400M. The Spanish Air and Space Force (SASF) (Spanish: Ejército del Aire y del Espacio, lit. 'Army of the Air and Space') is the aerial and space warfare branch of the Spanish Armed Forces.
Land Force. [edit] The Land Force is a higher command based in Seville, which is responsible to establish, train and maintain the operational units of the Spanish Army based in continental Spain. The command is headed by a three-star general and has four subordinate units: [ 1 ][ 2 ]
In the 20th century, the Spanish armed forces did not intervene in the First World War or in the Second World War (non-belligerent), although they did intervene in the Spanish Civil War and in some colonial conflicts. After the arrival of democracy in 1978, they underwent a strong modernization process, becoming modern armed forces.
Nowadays the Spanish Air Force is still under a separate ministry, the Ministerio de Defensa. After the Spanish Civil War the bulk of the Spanish Armed Forces changes were introduced within the regional structure, following which all relevant air bases would be withdrawn from Catalonia , a former key region in the development of the ...
Spanish Army Airmobile Force. Detachment in Melilla. The Army Airmobile Force (Spanish: Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra, FAMET) is the army aviation branch of the Spanish Army. An Independent Army Aviation force was formed in 1965 as Aviación Ligera del Ejército de Tierra (Army Light Air Force) and renamed FAMET in 1973.
Web site. The 45th Air Force Group (Spanish: 45 Grupo de Fuerzas Aéreas) is a unit of the Spanish Air and Space Force responsible for air transportation of the Spanish royal family, the Prime Minister and high-ranking government officials. In addition, it also transports personnel and material on international missions of the Spanish Armed Forces.
Spanish Navy. Spain. The Spanish Navy or officially, the Armada, is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Spanish Navy was responsible for a number of major historic achievements in navigation, the most famous being the discovery of America and the first global circumnavigation.
0–9. 1920s Spanish military aircraft (1 C, 1 P) 1940s Spanish military aircraft (3 C) 1950s Spanish military aircraft (4 C, 1 P) 2000s Spanish military aircraft (2 C)