A deployment of armored vehicles and helicopters from the Spanish Army in France

From April 7 to 30, France has been the scene of an important exercise that has involved 24 allied countries.

The BHELA I and the EC-665 Tiger HAD-E attack helicopters of the Spanish Army
Ares Strike, some excellent photos of the Spanish Army published by the Latvian Army

This exercise brought together more than 14,000 allied troops at the former Jaulges military camp, in the Florentinois forest, in the Burgundy region of northern France. The Spanish Army participated in this exercise with armored vehicles and helicopters. The land component was provided by the Brigade "Aragón" I, with Leopard 2E tanks, ASCOD Pizarro infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), Castor engineer combat vehicles (VCZAP), M-113 armored ambulances and M-577 command vehicles.

Above, we can see a video published by the Spanish Army on April 23rd showing some of these vehicles in Jaulges. Below, we can see another video published on May 1st by MN_Military Nonstop, showing Spanish Leopard 2E main battle tanks, Pizarro infantry fighting vehicles, and Castor armored personnel carriers in the area of ​​these maneuvers:

The Spanish Army's Airmobile Forces (FAMET) have deployed helicopters from various units for this exercise. The 4e Brigade d'Aérocombat, the French Army Light Aviation (ALAT), and the French General Staff have published some photos of the participation of Spanish aircraft in this exercise. exercise, which we can see below.

A Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopter of the V Transport Helicopter Battalion (BHELTRA V), specifically the ET-428 (HT.17-28A), in full flight.

An NH90 TTH tactical transport helicopter of the III Maneuver Helicopter Battalion (BHELMA III), the ET-812 (HT.29-12), perched in a meadow.

Two NH90s alongside a French EC-665 Tiger attack helicopter. The NH90 on the left is Spanish, the ET-812 (HT.29-12) that we saw in the previous photo.

A Spanish EC-665 HAD-E Tiger from the 1st Attack Helicopter Battalion (BHELA I), the ET-714 (HA.28-14), alongside a French NH90.

A nice photo of two Spanish EC-665 HAD-E Tigers hovering at low altitude. They are ET-724 (HA.28-24), on the left, and ET-714 (HA.28-14), on the right. Both are armed with 70mm SNEB rocket launchers, in 7-rocket configurations. Each has an external fuel tank of 350 liters mounted on its internal pylon.

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Main photo: 4e Brigade d'Aérocombat.