Patrulla Águila

Patrulla Águila
Country:	Spain
Currently used aircraft type:	CASA C 101 Aviojet
Sponsor:	Ejército del Aire
Base airfield:	Murcia-San Javier Airport
Founding:	4th July 1985
Colours:	Red, yellow, white
Weblink:	www.patrullaaguila.com

CASA C 101 Aviojet from Patrulla Águila at the Radom Air Show 2005 in Poland

The Patrulla Águila (Eagle Patrol) is the aerobatic team of the Spanish Air Force .

history

In 1956, the Spanish Air Force's first aerobatic team was founded, when it flew the North American F-86F Saber . The four machines received no separate paint or markings. First appearances took place in 1956 in Rome , among other places . The last known appearance of the group called Ascua took place in 1962 on the German Spangdahlem Air Base .

It was not until July 4, 1985 that Patrulla Águila was founded. These are now stationed at the San Javier Air Force Base near La Manga del Mar Menor and fly seven Spanish CASA C 101 Aviojet from there . The only difference between the machines is the paintwork and the smoke system common for aerobatics, and they can be converted for combat missions.

On August 28, 1988 the "Adlerpatrouille" performed for the last time in Germany . It was the flight day at the Nörvenich air base , which coincided with the Ramstein flight conference. It was not until the ILA 2018 that the Spanish national relay came to Germany again. The Patrulla Águila entered u. a. also at Air04 2004 and at the 100th anniversary of the Swiss Air Force Air14 at the Payerne military airfield .

The season

Patrulla Águila at AirPower 2016

Patrulla Águila at an air show in Gijón (2007)

Patrulla Águila returning from Madrid to his own military base in San Javier in Spain on the Spanish National Day 2016

The Patrulla Águila squadron consists of seven pilots, a commander and five reservists. Every pilot must be able to prove at least 1000 hours of flight time on fighters or fighter bombers, of which at least 300 hours on jet aircraft. Those who are accepted start as reservists and, if they have proven themselves, move up to the regular team in the second year. Membership generally lasts three years. Their home base is Murcia-San Javier Airport .

The formations are demonstrated in association with six machines and a solo pilot. The season made relatively few appearances outside of Spain during the season. The landing of all seven machines in close association at the end of the show is one of the trademarks.

An online magazine with current reports and activities of Patrulla Águila has been published since 2006. So far 41 articles have been published.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Messe Berlin: List of noisy aircraft 2018. Accessed on May 12, 2018 (German). 
2. ^ Report of the Austrian Armed Forces June 2005
3. ↑ MIRLO magazine (Spanish) ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

Commons : Patrulla Águila  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Season website (Spanish)