462 Escuadron, equipped with the F/A-18A+ Hornet, is tasked with air defence of the Canary archipelago and maintains fighters on quick reaction alert 24/7, 365 days a year.
DACT 2017 involved five Ejercito del Aire fighter units and three Italian Eurofighters as international guests.
The Canary Islands offer an ideal environment for undertaking dissimilar air combat training due to the good weather and large areas of unrestricted air space for manoeuvring.
An Ala 14 Eurofighter from Albacete makes its way to the runway for a day time Shadow mission.
A new Ala 14 Eurofighter lacking a unit code on the fuselage.
Search and rescue missions were flown by a CN235 VIGMA from 802 Escuadron; the unit's Super Pumas were maintained on alert to provide SAR coverage during the whole exercise.
A C295M of Ala 35 acted as a slow mover.
