Eagle eyes
Hawk missile battery. Photo: Emad
Canary Islands will be the scene of the air defense exercise between April 19 and 23 Eagle eyes, in which more than 2,000 soldiers from Army, Air Force and Armada. Among the media that will be deployed, there are six fighters Eurofighterrocket batteries Mistral, Nasams Yes Hawk and the frigate Alvaro de Bazan.
The exercise is conducted Aerospace Operational Command (EOM), under operational control Operational Command (MOPS), and is part of the permanent operations of Armed forces.
Eagle eyes It is an activity that takes place periodically in different areas of the peninsula and archipelagos to increase the defense of the airspace of sovereignty and national interest, recalls the Defense General Staff.
“These days, Canarian citizens will perceive the active presence of Operational Command personnel in their ground, sea and airspace, which will include overflights of military aircraft,” he explains.
Be a Eurofighter
Six fighter jets will participate by the Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon of Wing 11 and Head of Aerospace Surveillance and Control System (Jsvica), with a total of 1,560 soldiers involved.
Within the Jsvica units, Alert and control group (Grualercon) and Air surveillance (EVA) teams 21 Yes 22. In addition, from the Torrejón de Ardoz base, Space Surveillance Operations Center (COVE) It will be responsible for providing space support services for operations.
Rocket batteries
As for the military, the forces involved will include the integration of an Air Defense Unit (UDAA) of Anti-Aircraft Artillery Command (MAAA) led by GAAA Group I / 73 based in Cartagena (Murcia), responsible for expanding surveillance and security by increasing the radar coverage of the command and control system. GAAA I / 73 is the command and control core and the logistics core of the operational organization.
In turn, the core of the fire is made up of different weapon systems, Mistral of 71st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Fuencarral-Madrid), Nasams from Anti – aircraft artillery regiments 73 (Cartagena) and 94 (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) and Hawk of Anti – aircraft artillery regiment 74 (Seville).
Also Transmission unit The anti-aircraft artillery command will guarantee the connection and integration of the UDAA Command and control system (SMC). In addition, an infantry company belonging Soria Regiment 9 (Fuerteventura), will develop security tasks in implementation in support of UDAA MOA.
Alvaro de Bazan
In turn, the Navy will provide the frigate Alvaro de Bazan, integrated in 31st Surface Squadron and based on the Ferrol military arsenal. It’s a type of frigate F-100, specially designed for air defense, whose main missions currently include, inter alia, the escort of fleet units and the air defense of its area of influence, very notable for its multifunctional radar SPY 1-D.
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