Air International 2017-08
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R.Yanez, A.Rodriguez - Ambar /Military/
The five Spanish Hornets on the ramp at Zaragoza Air Base ready for their deployment to Estonia.
Some of the 128 Spanish staff, who include operations, support, maintenance, intelligence and communications personnel, medics and air traffic controllers, deployed to Amari on Detachment Ambar, pose for the camera against the back drop of a EF-18M Hornet.
May 22, 2017 saw the completion of the first 100 flight hours by the Ambar Detachment in support of BAP.
May 22, 2017 saw the completion of the first 100 flight hours by the Ambar Detachment in support of BAP.
Four groups of Ala 15 pilots will take part in the BAP mission. In this image, one of the pilots from the first group climbs aboard his aircraft for the flight from Spain to Estonia.
The first live interception by the Spanish Hornets of the Ambar detachment took place on May 16, 2017. It involved a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer bomber that flew over international waters close to the Estonian coast without communicating with air traffic control agencies.