{"id":57497,"date":"2024-10-21T21:42:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T19:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57497"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:46:37","slug":"the-spanish-navys-intense-review-of-its-aeronaval-amphibious-group-dedalo-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/10\/21\/the-spanish-navys-intense-review-of-its-aeronaval-amphibious-group-dedalo-24\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spanish Navy's intense review of its Aeronaval Amphibious Group 'D\u00e9dalo 24'"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of April, the Spanish Navy activated its Aeronaval Amphibious Group \"D\u00e9dalo 24\", with a four-month deployment.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/07\/13\/a-spectacular-air-naval-exhibition-of-the-spanish-navy-in-vigo-in-images\/\">A spectacular air-naval exhibition of the Spanish Navy in Vigo in images<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/06\/18\/the-deployment-of-spanish-harrier-iis-on-the-american-amphibious-assault-ship-uss-wasp\/\">The deployment of Spanish Harrier IIs on the American amphibious assault ship USS Wasp<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>This group was led by the aircraft carrier \"Juan Carlos I\" L-61,<\/strong> accompanied by the Amphibious Assault Ship \"Galicia\" L-51, the frigates \"Reina Sof\u00eda\" F-84 and \"Blas de Lezo\" F-103, the <strong>First Landing Battalion of the Tercio de Armada<\/strong> (in addition to other units of the Marine Infantry) and an <strong>embarked air wing<\/strong> made up of the 9th Squadron (with EAV-8B+ Harrier II Plus fighters) and the 3rd Squadron (with AB-212 helicopters, in their last deployment with the Spanish Navy) of the Aircraft Flotilla (FLOAN).<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53692533989_ba8c49d203_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">Two EAV-8B+ Harrier II Plus fighters of the 9th Squadron on board the aircraft carrier \"Juan Carlos I\" during the deployment of the Aeronaval Amphibious Group \"D\u00e9dalo 24\" (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/emad.defensa.gob.es\/prensa\/noticias\/2024\/04\/240429_Dedalo_24_Neptune_Strike.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Estado Mayor de la Defensa<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p><strong>The deployment of the \"D\u00e9dalo 24\" Group consisted of three phases.<\/strong> The first took place along the coasts of Greece and Turkey, the second along the coasts of Italy and the third in the Atlantic and the Baltic Sea. <strong>This deployment has demonstrated the ability of the Spanish Navy to project its force over long distances,<\/strong> a capability that not many NATO naval forces have. Last Thursday, <strong>the Spanish Navy published an intense video summary of this Aeronaval Amphibious Group:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grupo Anfibio Aeronaval &quot;D\u00e9dalo-24&quot;\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7h_8rLfiOQs?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>I would like to take this opportunity to <strong>congratulate the Navy's Social Communication Office for the great work it has been doing<\/strong>, of which this video is a good example, with very good quality images. It is a reference for the Spanish Armed Forces. You can see some screenshots from this video below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54083806923_9a5a76ef12_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two US Marine Corps MV-22 tiltrotor planes<\/strong> operating from the flight deck of L-61.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54084016215_f978e8203f_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A side-by-side oiling maneuver by the L-61 (right) and the frigate F-84 (left).<\/strong> I have not been able to identify the supply ship.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54083892424_510bcd0592_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Harrier II Plus from the 9th Squadron during an in-flight refueling<\/strong> with an A400M tanker aircraft from the 31st Wing of the Air Force.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54082679917_f1cc5319c6_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>A soldier from the Tercio de Armada aims his FN Minimi light machine gun<\/b>, with two AB-212 helicopters from the 3rd Squadron flying in the background.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54083806928_3c72043fdb_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 \"Dragon Whale\"<\/strong> deployed aboard the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), operating from the flight deck of L-61.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54082679937_520b599b8c_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Harrier II Plus from VMM-365 of the U.S. Marine Corps, embarked on the LHD USS Wasp (LHD 1)<\/strong>, operating from the flight deck of L-61.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54083570146_a84b926f0b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The launch of a Boeing Insitu ScanEagle drone<\/strong> from the 11th Squadron from the flight deck of a ship. The Spanish Navy has 16 of these drones, dedicated to reconnaissance missions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of April, the Spanish Navy activated its Aeronaval Amphibious Group \u00abD\u00e9dalo 24\u00bb, with a four-month deployment.<\/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":[19536,11545],"tags":[10437,22902,1046,11229,17335,8688,8663,17339,22900,22102,1111,19930,12858,10669,6842,22901,7071],"class_list":["post-57497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-navy","tag-11a-escuadrilla","tag-aeronaval-amphibious-group-dedalo-24","tag-agusta-bell-ab-212","tag-aircraft-carrier-juan-carlos-i-l61","tag-amphibious-assault-ship-galicia-l-51","tag-boeing-insitu-scaneagle","tag-fn-minimi","tag-frigate-reina-sofia-f-84","tag-helicopter-sea-combat-squadron-hsc-28-dragon-whales","tag-marine-medium-tiltrotor-squadron-365-vmm-365","tag-mcdonnell-douglas-eav-8b-harrier-ii","tag-sikorsky-mh-60-seahawk","tag-spanish-marine-infantry","tag-spanish-navy","tag-tercio-de-armada-tear","tag-uss-mount-whitney-lcc-20","tag-uss-wasp-lhd-1"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-11 23:28:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=57497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}