LA PATRULLA AGUILA

La Patrulla Aguila is the Aerobatic Display Team of the Spanish Air Force whose mission is representing Spain and the Spanish Air force in national and international events, proudly showing the colours of the national flag.

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PODCAST ABOUT TLP, DACT MANEUVERS AND AGGRESSOR UNITS

The Forum team portierramaryaire.com, a spanish forum specialized in defense issues, invited Alejandro Afonso to participate in his podcast to talk about the DACT maneuvers that are carried out in the Canaries, of the TLP courses (Tactical Leadership Program ) that are carried out in Albacete, and the present and future of the Agressor units, hunting units that deal with simulating enemy combat planes, replicating their tactics and equipment.

You can listen to it here (in Spanish):

Ocean Sky 18 (DACT 2018) CANCELLED!

Due to economic reasons, the Spanish Air Force Air Combat Command have had to cancell the Ocean Sky 18 (previously known as DACT) air combar exercise which was going to be held at Gando Air Base (Canaries) in November.

OCEAN SKY 18 (DACT 2018)

The Air Defense Exercise “Ocean Sky 18” (previously known as DACT) will take place at Gando Air Base (Canary Islands) from November the 16th till November the 30th.

Participating aircraft will include F-15C Eagle from United States Air Force (USAF), F-16AM from Portugal, a NATO E-3 SENTRY, and Spanish Air Force EF-18 Hornets (12th, 15th and 46th Wings) and Eurofighter EF2000 (11th and 14th Wings), other Spanish Air force units will also support the exercise including, C-295 (35th Wing) and Super Puma and Persuader (802 Squadron) plus CK-130 Hercules (31th Wing).

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COTEAU DELTA MIRAGE 2000D DISPLAY TEAM

Coteau Delta, the French Air Force tactical Display Team, flyes a pair of Mirage 2000D supersonic attack fighters. The display mixes formation flight with formation breaks, simulated attacks, show of force, low level and high speed fly bys and of course, jet noise!

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