Spanish Air Force

E16192

air force military branch

The Spanish Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Spain's armed forces, responsible for defending the country's airspace and conducting air operations domestically and abroad.

Aliases (6)

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force → military branch →
airBase	Albacete Air Base → Cuatro Vientos Air Base → Gando Air Base → Getafe Air Base → Morón Air Base → San Javier Air Base → Son San Juan Air Base → Torrejón Air Base → Zaragoza Air Base →
allegiance	King of Spain → Spanish Constitution →
branchColor	blue →
commanderTitle	Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force → Jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército del Aire y del Espacio →
country	Spain →
employer	Spanish government →
foundingDate	1939-10-07 →
hasUnit	Ala 11 → Ala 12 → Ala 14 → Ala 15 → Ala 31 → Ala 35 → Ala 48 → Ala 49 → Ala 78 →
headquartersLocation	Madrid →
identifyingSymbol	fin flash of the Spanish Air Force → roundel of the Spanish Air Force →
languageOfWork	Spanish →
memberOf	NATO →
motto	Non plus ultra →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
mottoTranslation	Nothing further beyond →
nativeName	Ejército del Aire y del Espacio →
operatesIn	Spanish airspace → international airspace →
parentOrganization	Ministry of Defence of Spain →
participatesIn	NATO air policing → international peacekeeping missions →
partOf	Spanish Armed Forces →
precededBy	Spanish Republican Air Force →
responsibility	aerial firefighting → aerial refueling → defense of Spanish airspace → search and rescue operations → strategic air transport →
role	aerial warfare → air operations → airspace defense →
shortName	EdA → Ejército del Aire →
trainingFacility	Academia General del Aire y del Espacio → General Air Academy →
uses	Airbus A400M Atlas → CASA C-295 → Canadair CL-215 → Canadair CL-415 → EF-18 Hornet → Eurofighter Typhoon → F-5 Freedom Fighter → NH90 helicopter → Pilatus PC-21 → Sikorsky S-76 →

Referenced by (55)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Breguet 19 → CAPTOR radar ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Cant Z.506 Airone → Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3 ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Lockheed P-2 Neptune → Mauser BK-27 → Meteor ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Morón Air Base ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Potez 25 → Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello → Zaragoza Air Base →	usedBy
CASA C-295 ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Canadair CL-215 → Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 1 ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 2 ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Heinkel He 111 → Lockheed P-3 Orion ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Morón Air Base ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Zaragoza Air Base →	operator
Ala 12 ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Ala 14 → Ala 48 ("Spanish Air Force order of battle") → Ala 49 → General Air Academy of San Javier ("Spanish Air and Space Force") →	partOf
Eurofighter Typhoon ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Heinkel He 111 → Messerschmitt Bf 109 →	primaryUser
Ala 14 → Ala 49 → General Air Academy of San Javier ("Spanish Air and Space Force") →	serviceBranch
Ala 12 ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Unidad Militar de Emergencias ("Spanish Air and Space Force") →	branch
Ala 12 ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → Ala 49 →	commandStructure
Ala 12 ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → General Air Academy of San Javier ("Spanish Air and Space Force") →	operatedBy
Airbus A400M Atlas ("Spanish Air and Space Force") → F/A-18 Hornet →	primaryUsers
Gran Canaria Airport →	alsoUsedBy
Spanish Armed Forces ("Spanish Air and Space Force") →	component
Eurojet EJ200 ("Spanish Air and Space Force") →	enteredServiceWith
Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces ("Spanish Air and Space Force") →	hasAuthorityOver
Ministry of Defence of Spain ("Air and Space Force Staff of Spain") →	hasOrganizationalUnit
Seville Airport ("Spanish Air and Space Force units") →	hosts
Fábrica de Aviones Hispano Aviación →	market
Ministry of Defence of Spain ("Spanish Air and Space Force") →	oversees
Baltic Air Policing →	participant
Heinkel He 111 →	retiredFrom
Ala 12 →	service
Spanish Republican Air Force ("Spanish Air Force (Francoist Spain)") →	successor
Jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército del Aire y del Espacio ("Fuerza Aérea de España") →	tiene autoridad sobre
EdA ("Spanish Air and Space Force") →	translatedName
Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces ("Spanish Air and Space Force") →	usedInBranch
Taurus KEPD 350 →	user