50 days, eight countries and exercises in Asia-Pacific

He Air and Space Force It will conduct an unprecedented deployment between late June and mid-August that will test its launch capability. a squad made up of four eurofighterTwo a400m and a a330 will participate in Pacific Skies 2024Joint exercise of Air and Space Force, L’Armée de l’Air et de l’Space And this luftwaffe,

The deployment will last for 50 days from June 26 to August 15. During this time, the Spanish contingent will stop in eight countries and make logistics stops and carry out three main exercises in the Asia-Pacific region with French and German air resources.

The German air base at Noverning (Cologne) would be the starting point for the Spanish and German contingents and the end point for the three countries would be the Sulur base in India. Planned to participate in exercises during deployment arctic defender (Alaska), pitch dark (Australia) and wave power In addition to making logistics stops in some countries in the region such as (India), Japan, the Philippines or Malaysia.

After the last stop in India, the Spanish contingent will stop in the United Arab Emirates before returning to Spain. The exercise will primarily visit the Indo-Pacific region and was born out of the idea of ​​showcasing the joint deployment capability of the three Aerospace Forces and operating a powerful force in any corner of the world.

media deployment

Three European countries included in the program Future Combat Air System (FCAS) They will deploy at least 28 fighter aircraft and 16 large tanker and transport aircraft. A deployment that is carried out only with means developed by the European defense industry, such as to demonstrate its ability to develop first-class aerospace products eurofighterHe shootoutHe A330 MRTT Or a400m,

Air and Space Force assets involved in the deployment will be: four Eurofighters (from two). 14th wingair Base albasitegive more Wing 11, airport of moron de la fronteraSeville), two a400m 31st Wing (Air Base) Zaragoza) and a a330 of group 45 (air Base torrezon, In addition, this squadron and other air deployment support squadrons (EADA And SEADA,

The air assets to be deployed by the other two Aerospace Forces participating in Pacific Skies 2024 are, on the Luftwaffe side, eight Eurofighters, 12 twisterFour a400m and four A330 MRTT, and on behalf of the Armée de l’Air et de l’Space four shootoutThree a400m give more A330 MRTT.

logical challenge

To date, the Air and Space Force has not undertaken such a demanding deployment, therefore, this exercise represents a challenge to logistics from both a transportation and fleet maintenance and upkeep perspective.

The Air and Space Army emphasizes that “deployments like Pacific Skies place us among the best air forces in the world, challenging our aviators and the Air and Space Army to become even better at accomplishing those missions which have been entrusted to them.” The training scenarios our pilots will be exposed to are first-class, where they will share tactics, planning and flight experience resulting in improved capabilities of our aviators.”

The official presentation of the deployment took place this Monday at the French Evreux airport. The heads of the three participating aerospace forces, General ingo gerhartz Luftwaffe (Germany), by General stephen mill L’Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace (France) and by Lieutenant General, Chief of the Air Combat Command Francisco Gonzalez-Espressati AmianPersonally, with the Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Army (GEMA), Air General javier salto martinez-avialReported on this ambitious project by video conference.

In the words of GEMA, “More than a trip around the world, it is the result of a long-standing collaboration, especially over the last seven years.” A collaboration that culminated in this project after the three Chiefs of Staff signed on September 4 last year a declaration of intent for this joint deployment to the Indo-Pacific region, in order to boost the relations of the three. Nation in air space. The firm that continues a series of planning meetings at the highest level in Munich, Berlin and Madrid (Torrejón).