{"id":61132,"date":"2025-10-10T18:40:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T16:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=61132"},"modified":"2025-10-15T20:51:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:51:35","slug":"praise-from-the-worlds-largest-air-show-for-a-spanish-eurofighter-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/10\/10\/praise-from-the-worlds-largest-air-show-for-a-spanish-eurofighter-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"Praise from the world's largest air show for a Spanish Eurofighter pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spain has excellent fighter pilots who demonstrate their skills wherever they have the opportunity to take flight.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/07\/20\/the-aerial-display-of-a-spanish-eurofighter-that-caught-the-attention-of-several-british-channels\/\">The aerial display of a Spanish Eurofighter that caught the attention of several British channels<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/07\/16\/a-pilot-shows-up-close-a-spanish-eurofighter-that-intercepted-russian-aircraft\/\">A pilot shows up close a Spanish Eurofighter that intercepted Russian aircraft<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>Last summer, <strong>three Spanish Eurofighters from the 14th Wing<\/strong> (the C.16-73 14-73, the C.16-62 14-62 and the C.16-36 14-36), <strong>based in Los Llanos (Albacete), flew to RAF Fairford, England<\/strong>, to participate in The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), the world's largest air show. On July 19, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EjercitoAire\/status\/1946605908965908754\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Spanish Air Force published this photo of the Spanish delegation at this important event<\/a>, which annually brings together some of the world's best aviators.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staging-jubilee.flickr.com\/65535\/54667818435_0f5ba7b83e_c.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-jubilee.flickr.com\/65535\/54667818435_0f5ba7b83e_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned on July 20, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/07\/20\/the-aerial-display-of-a-spanish-eurofighter-that-caught-the-attention-of-several-british-channels\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the exhibition of a Spanish Eurofighter caught the attention of several British channels<\/a> <strong>due to the great skill shown by its pilot<\/strong>. The aircraft in question was the <strong>C.16-73 14-73<\/strong>, which wore a nice decoration alluding to the NATO Tiger Meets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54845617304_dc1f4b1154_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54845617304_e1ea94d51e_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">Image: RIAT.<\/div>\n<p>This Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RIATOfficial\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RIAT's YouTube channel<\/a> <strong>published a video of this flight<\/strong>, in which Commander Juan Bengoechea \"Bengo\", 33 years old and who has been flying for 12 years, deserved this comment from the video narrator: <em>\"<strong>I tell you what, that's the most memorable Typhoon display I've seen in a very long time. Absolutely fantastic.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eurofighter C.16 Tif\u00f3n at RIAT25\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YNpdzwWbS6k?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>If you want to see more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ElwynR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elwyn R<\/a> <strong>posted the following video of that exhibition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spectacular Spanish Eurofighter Showcase at RIAT 2025\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8hNEgQxzGgQ?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>Congratulations to Commander Bengoechea for these well-deserved praises!<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main image: RIAT.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain has excellent fighter pilots who demonstrate their skills wherever they have the opportunity to take flight.<\/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":[19534,11546],"tags":[3544,1248,9072,11875,9071],"class_list":["post-61132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-military-aviation","tag-ala-14","tag-eurofighter-typhoon","tag-raf-fairford","tag-spanish-air-force","tag-the-royal-international-air-tattoo"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 10:43:03","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\/61132","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=61132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}