{"id":65233,"date":"2026-05-29T23:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=65233"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:57:49","slug":"a-spanish-navy-harrier-ii-fighter-spraying-water-on-people-in-vigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/05\/29\/a-spanish-navy-harrier-ii-fighter-spraying-water-on-people-in-vigo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spanish Navy Harrier II fighter spraying water on people in Vigo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main events of Spain's Armed Forces Day continue in the city of Vigo, this time near its beaches.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/04\/14\/the-program-for-spains-armed-forces-day-2026-which-will-be-held-in-vigo\/\">The program for Spain's Armed Forces Day 2026, which will be held in Vigo<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/05\/28\/a-spectacular-display-with-nh90-and-sh-60b-military-helicopters-flying-at-low-altitude-in-vigo\/\">A spectacular display with NH90 and SH-60B military helicopters flying at low altitude in Vigo<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today, the Spanish Navy and the Maritime Service of the Civil Guard organized a naval review<\/strong>, which was presided over by His Majesty the King from the maritime action vessel (BAM) \"Audaz\" P-45. The naval review featured seven ships, including <strong>the flagship of the Spanish Navy, the aircraft carrier \"Juan Carlos I\" L-61.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55301766956_0f4bef826a_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55301766956_8e5b5ef496_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the naval review, <strong>there was a dynamic display by the Armed Forces, the Military Emergency Unit (UME), and the Civil Guard<\/strong>. I took almost 1,700 photos of this event and will be posting some of them little by little, as it was all truly spectacular.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55302178620_dd63d4bfc2_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55302178620_157894b20d_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today I want to start with one of the most thunderous displays of the afternoon: <strong>two EAV-8B+ Harrier II fighters from the 9th Squadron of the Spanish Navy took off from L-61<\/strong> and made a couple of passes near the beach. It wasn't easy to photograph them because they were going very fast, but I managed to take the pictures you see in this article.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55301919868_57c53ebbb1_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55301919868_e4eae2a398_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the planes hovered so close to the beach that it splashed us with water, as its propulsion jets created a curtain of spray in front of Samil beach<\/strong>. The noise was deafening. It was truly amazing. You can see the video here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Un caza Harrier II espa\u00f1ol salpicando de agua a la gente en Vigo\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pEhg7lgXutI?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>And here you can see more photos of this part of the exhibition.<\/strong> My congratulations and applause to the Harrier II pilots and all the members of the Armed Forces who gave us, the residents of Vigo, a very entertaining afternoon; Samil beach was packed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55301767036_54d51ac517_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55301767036_8deab7c8f0_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55302003384_fd2bd05813_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55302003384_488890766b_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; 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