{"id":54514,"date":"2024-01-13T21:57:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T20:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=54514"},"modified":"2026-01-13T02:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:01:36","slug":"tm-11-brujo-the-spanish-falcon-military-plane-whose-mission-was-not-to-transport-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/01\/13\/tm-11-brujo-the-spanish-falcon-military-plane-whose-mission-was-not-to-transport-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"TM.11 Brujo, the Spanish Falcon military plane whose mission was not to transport politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most famous aircraft of the Spanish Air Force today is the Falcon, for its work transporting members of the government.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/01\/02\/the-rest-of-cisne-31-a-spanish-airplane-that-tracked-soviet-submarines\/\">The rest of Cisne 31, a Spanish airplane that tracked Soviet submarines<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/01\/08\/the-spanish-phantoms-of-torrejon-the-two-phantom-ii-aircraft-preserved-by-the-12th-wing\/\">The Spanish phantoms of Torrej\u00f3n: the two Phantom II aircraft preserved by the 12th Wing<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>This work is currently carried out by five Dassaul 900Bs, in service since 1988.<\/strong> However, this model was not the first Falcon used by the Spanish Air Force to transport personalities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53462060900_a4080cb2d8_o.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">The TM.11-4, callsign Brujo 01, when he served in the 45th Group (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EjercitoAire\/posts\/2745922748838692\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ej\u00e9rcito del Aire<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p><strong>In 1970, the then known as Dassault-Breguet Myst\u00e8re 20 arrived in Spain<\/strong>, a model later renamed as Falcon 20. <strong>A total of five aircraft were received:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>T.11-1 (cn 253):<\/strong> Later re-registered as TM.11-1. It was a Falcon 20E. It arrived in Spain in 1970, receiving the civil registration EC-BZV. Later it flew with different numbers: 401-02, 45-02 and 47-21. It was removed from service in November 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136548402@N04\/24844957977\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He ended up stationed at the Air Base Torrej\u00f3n<\/a>, without rudder or engines. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latribunadealbacete.es\/noticia\/za3c15546-e110-f31c-2c247c90322e2507\/202007\/el-ultimo-vuelo-de-avion-de-las-mil-caras\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In 2020 it was donated to a vocational training center in Albacete.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>T.11-2 (cn 222\/471):<\/strong> Later reregistered as TM.11-2. It was a Falcon 20D. It arrived in Spain in April 1971, receiving the civil registration EC-BXV. Later it flew with different numbers: 401-03, 45-03 and 47-22. It was removed from service in May 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136548402@N04\/24844957977\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He ended up stationed at the Air Base Torrej\u00f3n<\/a>, without engines, like the TM.11-1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2021\/01\/07\/el-ultimo-viaje-de-un-falcon-20-del-ejercito-del-aire-de-espana-desde-torrejon-a-lugo\/\">In 2021 it was donated to a vocational training center in Lugo.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53589285436_dcd271810b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">A photo that Antonio Casado has been kind enough to send me: the Falcon 20 T.11-3 located since February 2024 at the Toledo technological campus of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Photo: Antonio Casado).<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>T.11-3 (cn 219\/470):<\/strong> Later re-registered as TM.11-3. It was a Falcon 20D. It arrived in Spain in December 1971, receiving the civil registration EC-BVV. Later it flew with different numbers: 401-04, 45-04, 408-11, 47-23 and 472-03. It was removed from service in December 2020. It was donated to the School of Industrial and Aerospace Engineering of the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Now it is in a square of the Toledo technological campus, located in the old Royal Weapons Factory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T.11-4 (cn 332\/525):<\/strong> Later re-registered as TM.11-4. It was a Falcon 20E. It arrived in Spain in December 1971, receiving the EC-ECTV civil registration. Later it flew with different numbers: 401-05, 45-01, 408-12, 47-24 and 472-04. It was removed from service in December 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dagm4\/52720579427\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">It is currently in the Air Museum in Cuatro Vientos.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>T.11-5 (cn 475):<\/strong> It was a Falcon 20F. It arrived in Spain in September 1988. It flew with the number 45-05. It was withdrawn from service in March 2003 and sold a month later to the US company Garrett General Aviation Services, which registered it as N475EZ. <a href=\"https:\/\/onespotter.com\/aircraft\/fid\/220878\/XA-YUR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Currently flying with the Mexican company Servicios Aereos Milenio S.A.<\/a>, with registration XA-YUR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53461962274_325e7197fb_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">The TM.11-1 on its last flight in November 2015 (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EjercitoAire\/photos\/%C3%BAltimo-vuelo-del-tm11-21-del-47-grupo-de-ffaatras-m%C3%A1s-de-16000-horas-de-vuelo-y-\/839109976186655\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ej\u00e9rcito del Aire<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p><strong>These aircraft were initially assigned to 401 Squadron, renamed in 1987 as 451 Squadron<\/strong> and since then part of the 45 Air Force Group. Its mission was to transport members of the government. They sported a white decoration with a red stripe on their fuselage, the livery still worn by the 45 Group planes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53461962299_c13404f5c7_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">The TM.11-3 with the gray paint that was applied to the last two Falcon 20s of the 47 Group (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/ejercitodelaire.defensa.gob.es\/EA\/oceansky\/2019\/participantes\/47grupo.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ej\u00e9rcito del Aire<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p>After the arrival of the new Falcon 900, <strong>in 1994 two of the Falcon 20 (the TM.11-3 and the TM.11-4) were assigned to 408 Squadron<\/strong>, being assigned to evaluation missions of surveillance and control means at the Getafe Air Base. That same year the unit was transferred to the Torrej\u00f3n Air Base.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53461782523_b057e31332_o.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">The TM.11-4 when assigned to 408 Squadron (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EjercitoAire\/posts\/2745922748838692\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ej\u00e9rcito del Aire<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p><strong>In 2004, the 47 Joint Air Force Group was created<\/strong>, bringing together the two Falcon 20s of the 408 Squadron and the other two aircraft of this type (the TM.11-1 and the TM.11-2). that were still in service in the new 472 Squadron. <strong>These four Falcon 20s received the radio callsign \"Brujo\"<\/strong> and were assigned to radio aid calibration, remote sensing and electronic warfare training missions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53462060990_0fdec03972_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">The analog cockpit of one of the Spanish Falcon 20 (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EjercitoAire\/posts\/2745922748838692\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ej\u00e9rcito del Aire<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p><strong>The first two Falcon 20 that arrived in Spain (the TM.11-1 and the TM.11-2) were retired from service in 2015.<\/strong> With the withdrawal of these two aircraft, the 47 Group ceased their radio aid calibration missions. <strong>The two remaining aircraft, the TM.11-3 and the TM.11-4, lost their white and red decoration and were painted gray<\/strong>, and have since been dedicated to reconnaissance and electronic warfare missions. <strong>The last two Falcon 20 of the Air Force were retired in December 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53461648781_9936cf6ab4_h.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">The emblem of the 47 Group on the fuselage of a Falcon 20 (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EjercitoAire\/posts\/2745922748838692\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ej\u00e9rcito del Aire<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p>Yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@flybywire-aviation\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fly By Wire Aviation<\/a> <strong>published a video showing the Falcon 20 TM.11-4, with callsign Brujo 01<\/strong>, which is currently in the Cuatro Vientos Air Museum. The plane still sports the antennas used in its electronic warfare missions on its fuselage:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dasault Aviation Falcon 20-E TM.11-4\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4LiGt2pOPbc?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>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EjercitoAire\/posts\/2745922748838692\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ej\u00e9rcito del Aire<\/a>. The TM.11-4 when operated by 472 Squadron.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most famous aircraft of the Spanish Air Force today is the Falcon, for its work transporting members of the government.<\/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":[19536,11549],"tags":[20929,20931,8169,20930,14527,20932,14614,1238,11462,11875],"class_list":["post-54514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-military-history","tag-401-escuadron","tag-408-escuadron","tag-45-grupo-de-fuerzas-aereas","tag-451-escuadron","tag-47-grupo-mixto-de-fuerzas-aereas","tag-472-escuadron","tag-dassault-falcon-20","tag-museo-del-aire-de-cuatro-vientos","tag-spain","tag-spanish-air-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54514"}],"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=54514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}