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WOW, lovely Starfighter photos here......those are great pics mate, THANKS for posting them all!!

 

[Kadir93]

Spanish units during Perejil islands crisis 2002.

 

[BravoZulu]

Alvaro de Bazan-class air defence frigate ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbon (F102) coming into Rota, Spain - March 18, 2025

S-80 Plus-class (or Isaac Peral-class) ESPS Isaac Peral (S-81) coming into Ferrol, Spain - March 18, 2025

 

[Nathyl]

Gazola 25' firing exercises campaign of the Spanish Army Field Artillery Command (MACA) at the National Training Centre of San Gregorio (Zaragoza). Photos by Spanish Army (CENAD San Gregorio - March 2025):

The exercises included artillery units from MACA, the Brigade “King Alfonso XIII” II of the Legion, the Parachute Brigade “Almogávares VI” and the Marine Infantry Brigade equipped with 155mm SBT-1, 105mm Light Gun L118 or 155mm self-propelled M-109A5E artillery pieces.

In addition to conventional and smoke-producing munitions, extended-range shells 'ER02A1 BB' were used during the exercises along with extended-range guided artillery shells 'M982 Excalibur'.

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Target acquisition and support units such as the II/63 Information and Location Artillery Group employed TARSIS and Orbiter unmanned aerial systems.

 

[Nathyl]

Airbus H-135 P3H 'Nival' (HE.26-41A) of the 12th Sqn. of the Spanish Navy's Aircraft Flotille. Photo: Ignacio Ferre (27 November 2024)

This is the third of seven helicopters (five already received) acquired for the Spanish Navy to replace the older Hughes 500 (all already decommissioned).


Another recent artillery exercise of the Spanish Army...

Training exercise Royo de Diego 25 carried out by the artillery units of Ceuta and Melilla (RAMIX 30 & 32) in the Viator Training Field (Almería). Photos: Spanish Army (Viator - March 2025)

Both units deployed firing sections equipped with 155/52 SBT-1 pieces and 105/14 OTO-Melara M56 mountain pieces.

 

[Nathyl]

VAMTACs of the Spanish Special Ops TF deployed in Irak (Camp Yarto - Qayyarah, Mosul District - Irak).

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The two darker VAMTACs are from the FNGE (Special Naval Warfare Force) of the Spanish Navy, the other is from the EZAPAC (Parachute Sapper Squadron) of the Spanish Air Force. Both with units of the MOE (Special Operations Command) of the Spanish Army carry out the duty rotations of the components of the Special Ops Force.

Note the two C-90s stowed on the side of the HMG's gunner's shield for quick use by the operator for direct support fire.

In addition to the Special Operations units, a Force Protection unit at Baghdad and support elements, including until recently a group of helicopters Chinooks and/or Cougars at Al Assad Air Base, have been deployed in Iraq by Spain for many years.

Last three Chinooks F of Task Force 'Toro' deployed under Inherent Resolve Op. returned to Spain, last December 2024.

 

[Nathyl]

One of the three Airbus A330s (this is TK.24-03) of the Spanish Air Force landing at Getafe Air Base after a test flight during the conversion process to MRTT by Airbus. Photo: José Luis Celada Euba (28 November 2024 - Getafe Air Base, Madrid).

 

[Nathyl]

A few more pics of Gazola 25' firing exercises campaign of the Spanish Army Field Artillery Command (MACA) at the National Training Centre of San Gregorio (Zaragoza). Photos by Spanish Army (CENAD San Gregorio - March 2025):

And lastly a photo of a Spanish gunner working with an extended-range guided artillery shell 'M982 Excalibur':

 

[Nathyl]

Spanish Navy polar research vessel BIO Hesperides (A33) during the 2025 Antarctic campaign. Photo: S. Harikrishnan (Antarctic - 28 January 2025).

The BIO Hespérides is the only remaining polar research vessel of the Spanish Navy, after the recent decommissioning of BIO Las Palmas (A52) few weeks ago (7 March 2025).

The scientific research campaigns in Antarctic waters and the support to the two Spanish scientific stations in the area, the Antarctic Base Gabriel de Castilla (Deception Island) and the Antarctic Base Juan Carlos I (Livingstone Island) are charged to the 'BIO Hespérides' and also to the civilian vessel 'BO Sarmiento de Gamboa' attached to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

 

[Nathyl]

Spanish Battalion, UN Post 9-64 (UNIFIL, Lebanon). Photos taken during Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles to the Spanish Forces deployed on Lebanon under United Nation mandate (UNIFIL). Photos: María José Muñoz Estéve/MDE (Lebanon - January 2025)

The plaque reads:

<<Herewith stand, at the vanguard of UNP 9-64, our beloved Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception, patroness of Spain and its faithful infantry. Mother protector of all her infantrymen deployed in the Holy Land.

LH XXXIX [Libre Hidalgo XXXIX].

On the 25th day of September 2023. [Date of placement of the plaque]>>

The Spanish Armed Forces are deployed in Lebanon since September 2006. The bulk of the contingent in operation 'Libre Hidalgo' is located at the Miguel de Cervantes base, near the town of Marjayoun where the Spanish-led Sector East Headquarters is located. There are also Spanish personnel at the mission headquarters in Naqoura.

The Spanish forces conduct foot and vehicle patrols to permanently monitor the line of separation between Lebanon and Israel. They also establish observatories and carry out other activities in collaboration with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), all aimed at ensuring compliance with UN Resolution 1701 and avoiding situations that could lead to an escalation of tension between the parties.

The Multinational Brigade East, led by Spain and commanded by a Spanish general, is made up of some 3,500 troops of 9 different nationalities. Spain contributes about 670 military personnel to the UNIFIL.

 

[Nathyl]

Training exercise of one of the VAMTAC ST-5 EIMOS (Expal Integrated Mortar System) equipped mortar support teams in service with the 2nd Parachute Battalion (II Bandera) 'Roger de Flor' of the Parachute Brigade 'Almogávares VI'. Photos: Spanish Army (January 2025).

The program for the acquisition of 258 embarked mortars of both 81mm and 120mm is underway. For the last two years, procurement contracts have been signed with Urovesa and Expal (now Rheinmetall Expal) for the Spanish Armed Forces and more than a hundred VAMTAC ST-5 with EIMOS (81mm) have already been ordered.


The Spanish Army also has some older VAMTACs S3/3.5 equipped with the Soltam Cardom mortar system. Photo: Jesus M. Pérez Triana (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands - 3 June 2016).

 

[Nathyl]

Chinook Foxtrot [HT.17-36A - ET-436] of the Transport Helicopter Battalion (BHELTRA V) of the Spanish Army Airmobile Forces. Photo: Marco Romero/MDE ('Coronel Maté' Army Base, Colmenar Viejo, Madrid - 8 April 2025)

This is the seventeenth and last Chinook-F delivered by Boeing as part of the Spanish Army's Chinook fleet modernisation programme. An additional Chinook-F was ordered out of the initial programme some time later, its delivery by Boeing to the Spanish Army is scheduled for 2026.

 

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Spanish Air Force Macdonnel Douglas F/A-18C Hornet