{"id":64816,"date":"2026-05-03T19:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T17:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=64816"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:05:16","slug":"a-deployment-of-armored-vehicles-and-helicopters-from-the-spanish-army-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/05\/03\/a-deployment-of-armored-vehicles-and-helicopters-from-the-spanish-army-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"A deployment of armored vehicles and helicopters from the Spanish Army in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From April 7 to 30, France has been the scene of an important exercise that has involved 24 allied countries.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/02\/23\/the-bhela-i-and-the-ec-665-tiger-had-e-attack-helicopters-of-the-spanish-army\/\">The BHELA I and the EC-665 Tiger HAD-E attack helicopters of the Spanish Army<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/02\/12\/ares-strike-some-excellent-photos-of-the-spanish-army-published-by-the-latvian-army\/\">Ares Strike, some excellent photos of the Spanish Army published by the Latvian Army<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>This exercise brought together more than 14,000 allied troops at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auxerretv.com\/content\/index.php?post\/2017\/01\/15\/Champ-Yonne-un-projet-de-d%C3%A9veloppement-%C3%A9conomique-pour-Jaulges\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the former Jaulges military camp<\/a>, in the Florentinois forest, in the Burgundy region of northern France. <strong>The Spanish Army participated in this exercise with armored vehicles and helicopters. The land component was provided by the Brigade \"Arag\u00f3n\" I<\/strong>, with Leopard 2E tanks, ASCOD Pizarro infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), Castor engineer combat vehicles (VCZAP), M-113 armored ambulances and M-577 command vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brigada \u201cArag\u00f3n\u201d I despliega en Camp de Jaulges #Francia para el ejercicio multinacional #ORION26\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sVGNbc27OUY?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><strong>Above, we can see a video published by the Spanish Army on April 23rd<\/strong> showing some of these vehicles in Jaulges. Below, we can see <strong>another video published on May 1st by<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MN_MilitaryNonstop\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MN_Military Nonstop<\/a>, showing Spanish Leopard 2E main battle tanks, Pizarro infantry fighting vehicles, and Castor armored personnel carriers in the area of \u200b\u200bthese maneuvers:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ORION 26: Panzerkampf in der Champagne! 4 Battlegroups, ein Ziel! Marder, Leopard 1, Leopardo 2A6E\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vLi5L9s44PE?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><strong>The Spanish Army's Airmobile Forces (FAMET) have deployed helicopters from various units for this exercise.<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXuHUgiDJQo\/?hl=es&img_index=1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4e Brigade d'A\u00e9rocombat<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXexRwFDEnt\/?hl=es&img_index=1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the French Army Light Aviation (ALAT)<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EtatMajorFR\/status\/2048085164031426776\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the French General Staff<\/a> have published some photos of the participation of Spanish aircraft in this exercise. exercise, which we can see below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55245309247_3a867054ae_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55245309247_7457300619_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopter of the V Transport Helicopter Battalion (BHELTRA V)<\/strong>, specifically the ET-428 (HT.17-28A), in full flight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55246621710_c16639daa4_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55246621710_ae9ee6e0ab_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>An NH90 TTH tactical transport helicopter of the III Maneuver Helicopter Battalion (BHELMA III)<\/strong>, the ET-812 (HT.29-12), perched in a meadow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55246213216_d5ab106746_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55246213216_16c4aeac16_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two NH90s alongside a French EC-665 Tiger attack helicopter.<\/strong> The NH90 on the left is Spanish, the ET-812 (HT.29-12) that we saw in the previous photo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55246448069_88a4436166_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55246448069_33e71a778b_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Spanish EC-665 HAD-E Tiger from the 1st Attack Helicopter Battalion (BHELA I)<\/strong>, the ET-714 (HA.28-14), alongside a French NH90.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55246360028_d76e6b530b_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55246360028_298a9b8bdc_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A nice photo of two Spanish EC-665 HAD-E Tigers hovering at low altitude.<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXuHUgiDJQo\/?hl=es&img_index=1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4e Brigade d'A\u00e9rocombat<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From April 7 to 30, France has been the scene of an important exercise that has involved 24 allied countries.<\/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":[19534,11544],"tags":[7979,6604,8398,1052,1047,22368,6607,26955,26952,10575,1048,26954,7973,7515,7700,8245,10557,13164],"class_list":["post-64816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-army","tag-ascod-pizarro","tag-batallon-de-helicopteros-de-ataque-no-1-bhela-i","tag-batallon-de-helicopteros-de-maniobra-iii-bhelma-iii","tag-bheltra-v","tag-boeing-ch-47-chinook","tag-burgundy","tag-eurocopter-ec665-tigre","tag-exercise-orion-26","tag-florentinois","tag-france","tag-famet","tag-jaulges","tag-leopardo-2e","tag-m-113","tag-m577","tag-nhindustries-nh90","tag-spanish-army","tag-vehiculo-de-combate-de-zapadores-vczap-castor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64816","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=64816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}