Spanish Air Force aircraft
The Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force) was founded on April 2, 1910 by government decree and is one of the three branches of arms ( armas ) of the Spanish armed forces ( Fuerzas armadas de España ).
Historic aircraft
The following historical aircraft were in use by the Spanish Air Force (see also: Historical aircraft of the Spanish Air Force ):
| Name / type | Manufacturer country |
Travel speed |
Flight altitude max. |
the reach -wide |
First flight |
Operation end |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vilanova Acedo | Spain | 65 km / h | 1910 | 1912 | |||
| Farman MF7 | Spain / France | 95 km / h | 4000 m | 1913 | 1919 | ||
| Morane-Saulnier G. | France | 129 km / h | 1913 | ||||
| Maurice Farman MF-11 | France | 110 km / h | 3800 m | 1914 | 1929 | ||
| Nieuport IV-G | France | 110 km / h | 1913 | ||||
| Caudron G-3 | France | 160 km / h | 3000 m | 1919 | 1920 | ||
| Lohner arrow fliers | Austria | 130 km / h | 1913 | 1917 | |||
| Avro 504 | England | 160 km / h | 4877 m | 390 km | 1919 | 1938 | |
| Barrón W | Spain | 130 km / h | 4800 m | 1917 | 1919 | ||
| De Havilland DH.4 | England | 220 km / h | 700 km | 1919 | 1925 | ||
| Breguet XIV | France | 192 km / h | 6000 m | 800 km | 1919 | 1934 | |
| Dornier whale | Italy / Spain | 180 km / h | 3500 m | 1200 km | 1925 | 1950 | |
| Nieuport 52 | France | 250 km / h | 6000 m | 1927 | |||
| Loring R-III | Spain | 235 km / h | 7000 m | 900 km | 1927 | 1935 | |
| Autogiro C-6 | Spain | 108 km / h | 1924 | 1924 | |||
| Autogiro C-12 | Spain | 160 km / h | 6100 m | 1929 | |||
| Autogiro C-30 | Spain | 180 km / h | 3400 m | 460 km | 1932 | ||
| De Havilland DH.60 Moth "Moth Major" | England | 180 km / h | 485 km | 1936 | |||
| Clamp L-25 | German Empire | 150 km / h | 6500 m | 720 km | 1929 | 1939 | |
| Breguet XIX Super TR "Superbidón" | France | 220 km / h | 6500 m | 8500 km | 1933 | 1933 | |
| Morane-Saulnier MS.230 | France | 205 km / h | 5500 m | 600 km | 1936 | ||
| Caudron C-272 "Luciole" | France | 158 km / h | 4000 m | 500 km | 1936 | ||
| De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth | France | 170 km / h | 4200 m | 480 km | 1933 | ||
| Junkers Ju 52 / 3m | German Empire | 290 km / h | 5500 m | 1200 km | 1936 | 1958 | |
| Heinkel He 51 | German Empire | 330 km / h | 7700 m | 700 km | 1936 | ||
| Polikarpow I-15 C-9 "Chato" / "Curtiss" | USSR | 370 km / h | 9800 m | 780 km | 1936 | ||
| Messerschmitt Bf 108 "Taifun" | German Empire | 300 km / h | 4800 m | 950 km | 1937 | 1959 | |
| Consolidated PBY-5 "Catalina" | United States | 282 km / h | 3960 m | 3782 km | 1949 | 1954 | |
| Fiat CR-32 "Chirri" | Italy | 354 km / h | 7700 m | 780 km | 1936 | 1953 | |
| Douglas C-47 | United States | 338 km / h | 7350 m | 2420 km | 1935 | 1978 | |
| Miles 2 "Hawk Major" | England | 240 km / h | 6100 m | 1935 | 1939 | ||
| Polikarpow I-16 C-8 "Mosca" o "Rata" | USSR | 454 km / h | 5000 m | 820 km | 1936 | ||
| Dornier Do 17 "Bacalao" | German Empire | 355 km / h | 5500 m | 1570 km | 1937 | 1952 | |
| Savoia SM-79 "Sparviero" | Italy | 423 km / h | 6500 m | 1900 km | 1937 | ||
| Polikarpov RZ R-5 "Natacha" o "Papagayo" | USSR | 290 km / h | 8000 m | 1000 km | 1937 | ||
| Messerschmitt Bf 109 | German Empire | 550 km / h | 10,500 m | 660 km | 1937 | 1953 | |
| Savoia SM-81 "Pipistrello" | Italy | 320 km / h | 7500 m | 1600 km | 1936 | 1953 | |
| Bücker Bü 133 "Jungmeister" | German Empire / Spain | 225 km / h | 4000 m | 500 km | 1936 | 1986 | |
| Heinkel He 111 | German Empire | 430 km / h | 7350 m | 3500 km | 1937 | 1968 | |
| Bücker Bü 131 "Jungmann" | German Empire / Spain | 183 km / h | 4000 m | 650 km | 1936 | ||
| De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide | England | 255 km / h | 5090 m | 930 km | 1935 | 1950 | |
| Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch" | German Empire | 175 km / h | 5100 m | 380 km | 1939 | 1962 | |
| Tupolev SB-2 "Katiuska" | USSR | 430 km / h | 9400 m | 1450 km | 1936 | 1946 | |
| Hispano Suiza HS-34 | Spain | 170 km / h | 3000 m | 350 km | 1936 | ||
| Junkers Ju 88 | German Empire | 470 km / h | 8200 m | 2730 km | 1936 | 1955 | |
| North American T-6 "Texan" | United States | 345 km / h | 6600 m | 1235 km | 1939 | ||
| North American B-25 "Mitchell" | United States | 438 km / h | 3000 km | 1940 | 1953 | ||
| Huarte Mendicoa HM-1 | Spain | 230 km / h | 5000 m | 700 km | 1942 | 1958 | |
| Dornier Thursday 24 | German Empire | 320 km / h | 5500 m | 4680 km | 1937 | 1969 | |
| Douglas DC-4 "Skymaster" | United States | 468 km / h | 7500 m | 6800 km | 1942 | 1977 |
After the Second World War
| Name / type | Manufacturer country |
Travel speed |
Flight altitude max. |
the reach -wide |
First flight |
Operation end |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing KC-97 L "Stratotanker" | United States | 690 km / h | 9500 m | 6880 km | 1950 | 1976 | |
| Casa C-2.111 Pedro | Spain | 480 km / h | 6700 m | 1800 km | 1945 | 1975 | |
| Grumman HU-16 "Albatros" | United States | 383 km / h | 3800 m | 6555 km | 1947 | ||
| Beechcraft T-34 mentor | United States | 304 km / h | 6100 m | 1186 km | 1947 | 1988 | |
| Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star" | United States | 960 km / h | 2200 km | 1948 | 1985 | ||
| Hispano Aviación HA-1109 J-1L (Bf 109) | Spain | 600 km / h | 9180 m | 690 km | 1945 | ||
| Cessna L-19 Bird Dog | United States | 235 km / h | 7565 m | 1000 km | 1949 | 1983 | |
| Sikorsky Westland S-55 | United States | 180 km / h | 3050 m | 560 km | 1949 | 1970 | |
| AISA I-11B | Spain | 200 km / h | 4700 m | 650 km | 1952 | 1978 | |
| Hispano Aviación HA-1112 Buchon (Bf 109) | Spain | 665 km / h | 10,200 m | 765 km | 1954 | 1965 | |
| Aerotecnica AC-12 | Spain | 125 km / h | 2290 m | 340 km | 1961 | 1967 | |
| AISA I-115 | Spain | 229 km / h | 4300 m | 800 km | 1952 | 1977 | |
| Agusta Bell 47 "Sioux" | United States | 175 km / h | 6600 m | 500 km | 1945 | 1988 | |
| North American F-86 "Saber" | United States | Mach 0.89 | 16.3170 m | 2000 km | 1947 | 1973 | |
| Aerotecnica AC-14 | Spain | 190 km / h | 6800 m | 450 km | 1961 | ||
| CASA C-207 Azor | Spain | 442 km / h | 2500 km | 1955 | 1982 | ||
| Beechcraft B-55 "Baron" | United States | 372 km / h | 5820 m | 1479 km | 1960 | 2004 | |
| Agusta Bell 205 "Iroquois" / "Huey" | Italy | 205 km / h | 5180 m | 500 km | 1956 | 1993 | |
| Hispano Aviación HA-200 "Saeta" | Spain | 647 km / h | 12,000 m | 1700 km | 1955 | 1981 | |
| Hispano Aviación HA-220 Super Saeta | Spain | 670 km / h | 13,000 m | 1800 km | 1973 | 1981 | |
| Lockheed F-104 "Starfighter" | United States | Mach 2.2 | 27,000 m | 1954 | 1972 | ||
| De Havilland DHC-4 "Caribou" | Canada | 7990 m | 2300 km | 1958 | |||
| Aerospatiale SA 319B "Alouette III" | France | 220 km / h | 3100 m | 605 km | 1959 | ||
| Dassault Mirage III | France | Mach 2.2 | 17,000 m | 1200 km | 1956 | 1995 | |
| Hughes 269 | United States | 169 km / h | 3000 m | 370 km | 1978 | 2001 | |
| McDonnell Douglas F-4C "Phantom II" | United States | Mach 2.4 | 30,000 m | 2960 km | 1958 | 2002 | |
| Northrop F-5A "Freedom Fighter" | Spain | 1485 km / h | 15,250 m | 592 km | 1959 | ||
| Dassault Falcon 50 | France | 370 km / h | 12,500 m | 3200 km | 1976 | 2003 | |
| Fokker F-27M (U-2) | Netherlands | 474 km / h | 8960 m | 1000 NM | 1955 | 2013 |
Planes today
| Surname | Manufacturer | Speed max. |
Altitude | Range | First flight | Squadron squadron |
Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurofighter Typhoon | Europe | Mach 2.0 | 19,812 m | 3500 km | 2003 | Ala 11 | |
| Mc Donnell Douglas F-18 Hornet | United States | Mach 1.8 | 15,240 m | 3700 km | 1986 | Ala 12, Ala 15, Ala 46 |
60 C-15A 12 C-15B |
| Mirage F-1 | France | Mach 2.2 | 20,000 m | 3300 km | 1975 | Ala 14 | 6 F-1B 42 F-1C 24 F-1E |
| Northrop F-5M "Freedom Fighter" | Spain / USA | 1445 km / h | 15,250 m | 2250 km | 1970 | Ala 23 | 70 F-5M |
| CASA C-101 "Aviojet" | Spain | Mach 0.7 | 12,495 m | 4000 km | 1980 | Academia General del Aire, Patrulla Águila aerobatic team |
92 C-101 ó E-25 |
| Lockheed C-130 "Hércules" | United States | 618 km / h | 10,000 m | 7675 km | 1973 | Ala 31 | 1 C-130 3 KC-130H |
| CASA C-295 | Spain | 260 kts | 30,000 feet | 4167 km | 2000 | Ala 35 | 9 C-295 |
| CASA / Nurtanio CN-235 | Spain | 452 km / h | 4040 m | 4720 km | 1988 | Ala 35 | 20 CN-235 |
| CASA C-212 "Aviocar" | Spain | 380 km / h | 7500 m | 1920 km | 1974 | Academia General del Aire, Ala 37, Base Aérea de Alcantarilla Centro Cartográfico y Fotográfico, |
74 T-12 3 VIP 10 T-12B 6 SAR |
| Canadair CL-215T | Canada | 187 kts | 20,000 feet | 1200 NM | 1991 | 43 Grupo | 15 CL-215 |
| Lockheed P-3 "Orión" | United States | 750 km / h | 8625 m | 5550 km | 1973 | Ala 11 | 2 P-3A 5 P-3B |
| Boeing 707 | United States | Mach 0.88 | 11,890 m | 9262 km | 1987 | 45 Grupo, Centro Inteligencia Aérea |
T-17 TK-17 TM-17 |
| Airbus A310 |
Germany / France England / Spain |
Mach 0.84 | 12,400 m | 9600 km | 2003 | 45 Grupo | |
| Dassault Falcon 20th | France | Mach 0.85 | 12,800 m | 2000 NM | 1970 | 45 Grupo Centro Inteligencia Aérea |
|
| Dassault Falcon 900 | France | Mach 0.87 | 11,885 m | 3800 NM | 1988 | 45 Grupo | |
| Cessna "Citation V" | United States | Mach 0.755 | 43,000 feet | 1960 NM | 1992 | Centro Cartográfico y Fotográfico | 2 |
| Beechcraft F-33C "Bonanza" | United States | 332 km / h | 5455 m | 1440 km | 1974 | 42 Grupo Academia General del Aire |
30th |
| Enaer T-35C "Tamiz" | Chile | 311 km / h | 5820 m | 1093 km | 1987 | Academia General del Aire | 40 |
| Beechcraft C-90 "King Air" | United States | 208 Kts | 688 NM | 2003 | 42 Grupo | ||
| Dornier Thu 27 | Spain / Germany | 250 km / h | 6200 m | 750 km | 1960 | Academia Básica del Aire, Academia General del Aire, Ala 12 y Ala 14 |
61 |
| Aérospatiale AS 332 "Super Puma" | France | 294 km / h | 20,000 feet | 572 km | 1982 | 802 Escuadrón, Ala 48 |
10 SAR 2 VIP |
| Sikorsky S-76 | United States | 269 km / h | 3871 m | 748 km | 1977 | Ala 78 | |
| Eurocopter EC 120 "Colibrí" | France / Germany | 150 Kts | 20,000 feet | 400 NM | 2000 | Ala 78 | 15th |