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Wikipedia: The Spanish Air Force (Spanish: Ejército del Aire; literally, "Army of the Air") is the air force of Spain. It is one of the 3 branches of the Spanish Armed Forces. Although hot air balloons had been used with military purposes in Spain as far back as 1896, the Spanish air arm formally took off in 1909 when Colonel Pedro Vives and Captain Alfredo Kindelán made an official trip to different European cities to check the potential of introducing airships and airplanes in the Spanish Armed Forces.
![[Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Spanish_Eurofigther_RIAT_2007_28cropped_29_s.jpg "Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon.")
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![[Location of Air Bases in Spain since the Civil War]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bases_A_C3_A9reas_Espa_C3_B1olas_s.jpg "Location of Air Bases in Spain since the Civil War")
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![[The Plus Ultra at Palos de la Frontera.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PlusUtraPalos_s.jpg "The Plus Ultra at Palos de la Frontera.")
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![[EF-18A Hornet]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Spanish_Air_Force_EF_18_DD_SD_00_02833_cropped_s.jpg "EF-18A Hornet")
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 from Darz Mol |
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