{"id":51629,"date":"2023-05-17T06:01:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T04:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=51629"},"modified":"2023-05-19T22:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T20:38:38","slug":"the-concentration-of-military-aircraft-from-various-countries-at-the-zaragoza-air-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/05\/17\/the-concentration-of-military-aircraft-from-various-countries-at-the-zaragoza-air-base\/","title":{"rendered":"The concentration of military aircraft from various countries at the Zaragoza Air Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Zaragoza Air Base, in Spain, is being the scene of a significant concentration of military aircraft of various types during these days.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/05\/10\/the-images-of-the-return-to-spain-of-the-famous-usaf-a-10-attack-aircraft\/\">The images of the return to Spain of the famous USAF A-10 attack aircraft<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/03\/11\/the-usaf-publishes-the-images-of-the-deployment-of-four-b-52-bombers-in-spain\/\">The USAF publishes the images of the deployment of four B-52 bombers in Spain<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>A week ago we saw here the images of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/05\/10\/the-images-of-the-return-to-spain-of-the-famous-usaf-a-10-attack-aircraft\/\">the A-10Cs deployed by the US Air Force (USAF) at that Spanish base<\/a>, on the occasion of the <strong>Defender 23 exercise <\/strong>, whose Swift Response 23 phase is being developed these days with the participation of military forces from Spain and other allied countries. <strong>The Zaragoza Air Base is receiving more aircraft than usual these days due to these maneuvers<\/strong>, as we can see in this video published last Saturday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@v1aeronautics\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">V1 Aeronautics<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EJERCICIO OTAN SWIFT RESPONSE 2023 EN ZARAGOZA - A-10C y C-17 GLOBEMASTER\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4ybA56Q6Vo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see below some screenshots of the video, in order to identify the aircraft that appear in it. Here we see a row of <strong>three NH-90 transport helicopters and five EC-665 Tigre attack helicopters from the Spanish Army Aeromobile Forces (FAMET).<\/strong> The NH-90s are from the Maneuver Helicopter Battalion III (BHELMA III), based in Agoncillo (La Rioja), and the Tigres are from the Attack Helicopter Battalion No. 1 (BHELA I), based in Almagro (Ciudad Real).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52904038625_7e6ac97af9_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the recently refurbished CH-47F Chinook heavy helicopters of the FAMET<\/strong>, specifically the ET-422 (HT.17-22A), belonging to the Transport Helicopter Battalion V (BHELTRA V), based in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52903812579_15d9117999_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A USAF A-10C about to land.<\/strong> On the platform of the base you can see a US Army UH-60 Black Hawk (in the center), three Spanish NH-90 of the FAMET (behind UH-60) and the rear of a US Army CH-47F (left).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52904102313_a20c3bfa25_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Three US Army CH-47Fs <\/strong>, belonging to the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, which is based in Katterbach Kaserne, Germany.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52904102343_6359b5c1be_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two USAF A-10Cs<\/strong>. These are the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) 442nd Fighter Wing planes we saw last week. The aircraft on the left carries an AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missile under its port wing and an AN\/AAQ-28(V)4 target designator under its starboard wing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52903685161_db96db2a09_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A USAF C-130J Super Hercules<\/strong>. It is 48152 (cn 382-5415), belonging to the 815th Airlift Squadron \"Flying Jennies\" of the 403rd Wing of the AFRC, based at Keesler AFB, Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52903655916_eb5a586cd2_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>An A400M of the 31st Wing of the Spanish Air Force<\/strong>, the T.23-12\/31-32. This unit is based at the Zaragoza Air Base.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52903655966_469183389a_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A C-130J Super Hercules of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana<\/strong>, number 46-44 (cn 382-5504), belonging to the 2nd Group of the 46th Air Brigade \"Silvio Angelucci\", based in Pisa.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52904102353_a1b54db82c_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And finally, the biggest and most impressive plane of all: <strong>a USAF Boeing C-17 Globemaster III<\/strong>, 94-0066 of the 62nd Airlift Wing, based at McChord AFB, Washington.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52904102323_b1f19c50c8_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zaragoza Air Base, in Spain, is being the scene of a significant concentration of military aircraft of various types during these days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12876,11546],"tags":[19265,19232,19267,19230,19270,19268,19266,2705,8244,5923,6604,8398,7606,1047,19269,1048,11462,11875,10557,6761,318,19189],"class_list":["post-51629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excluir-de-anotaciones-eng","category-military-aviation","tag-12th-combat-aviation-brigade","tag-303rd-fighter-squadron","tag-403rd-wing","tag-442nd-fighter-wing","tag-46a-brigata-aerea-silvio-angelucci","tag-62nd-airlift-wing","tag-815th-airlift-squadron-flying-jennies","tag-aeronautica-militare-italiana","tag-airbus-a400m-atlas","tag-ala-31","tag-batallon-de-helicopteros-de-ataque-no-1-bhela-i","tag-batallon-de-helicopteros-de-maniobra-iii-bhelma-iii","tag-boeing-c-17-globemaster-iii","tag-boeing-ch-47-chinook","tag-defender-23-exercise","tag-famet","tag-spain","tag-spanish-air-force","tag-spanish-army","tag-united-states-air-force-usaf","tag-us-army","tag-zaragoza-air-base"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}