{"id":66193,"date":"2026-07-14T22:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=66193"},"modified":"2026-07-21T23:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:26:50","slug":"an-ef-18m-fighter-jet-and-21-spanish-soldiers-in-paris-for-the-national-day-of-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/07\/14\/an-ef-18m-fighter-jet-and-21-spanish-soldiers-in-paris-for-the-national-day-of-france\/","title":{"rendered":"An EF-18M fighter jet and 21 Spanish soldiers in Paris for the National Day of France"},"content":{"rendered":"

France celebrates its National Day every July 14th, and this year it did so with a particularly large military parade in Paris.<\/p>\n

The large Spanish military presence at the United States 250th anniversary events<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe Spanish presence in the 2026 International Military Pilgrimage to Lourdes<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

According to official figures published by the French Ministry of Defense<\/a>, this parade featured 6,686 men and women, 315 vehicles, 98 aircraft, 33 helicopters, and 193 horses<\/strong>. It was the first time the parade included a contingent from the Ukrainian Army, which received much well-deserved applause.<\/p>\n

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Spain participated in this parade by land and air.<\/a> In the land parade, the Spanish Armed Forces were represented by the flag of the Tercio de Armada (TEAR)<\/strong>, the expeditionary force of the Spanish Marine Infantry, which was escorted by soldiers from the TEAR, the \"Inmemorial del Rey\" Infantry Regiment No. 1 of the Army, and the Honor Squadron of the Air Force (EDHEA)<\/strong>. The General Staff of the Defence (EMAD) has published<\/a> these photos of the soldiers who represented Spain in this land parade.<\/p>\n

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Interestingly, the best images of the participation in the air show come from the General Command of the Polish Armed Forces<\/a>, which published these photos taken from the F-16 of the Polish Air Force's 2nd Tactical Air Wing, flying alongside the Spanish EF-18M<\/strong>. We see it in the following image on the left (the aircraft on the right is a Rafale B of the French Air Force).<\/p>\n

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The Spanish fighter jet that flew over Paris today was the EF-18M C.15-43 (15-43)<\/strong>, belonging to Wing 15, based in Zaragoza, and with its tail fins decorated with a beautiful livery alluding to the 40th anniversary of that unit, celebrated last year.<\/p>\n

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The six aircraft from other countries flew in this parade in three wedge formations<\/strong>, each led by a French Rafale fighter, and a fourth wedge formation with three more Rafale fighters. The EF-18M was in the third formation, flying to port<\/strong> (we can see it on the right side in this photo, in the third formation from the top).<\/p>\n

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If you missed this event, the full live broadcast video of the parade can be viewed here<\/strong> (the production of the broadcast was really good, with some very spectacular shots of the air parade):<\/p>\n