eagle eye
Hawk Battery Battery. Photo: Emad
The canary archipelago will be the stage between the 19th and the 23rd of April of the air defense ownership. eagle eye, in which more than 2,000 military participants Tierra Ejercito, el Ejército del Aire and the Armada. Between the media that will be shown distancing their cases Eurofighter, missile batteries Mistral, Nasams y Hawk and the fragment Álvaro de Bazán.
The owner is led Air Operational Mandatory (MOA), bajo management model Operational Mandate (MOPS), and forms part of the permanent operations of the Armored Forces.
El eagle eye is an activity that takes place periodically in distinct zones of the peninsula and archipelagos with the finality of potentiating the defense of the aerospace area of sovereignty and national interest, recalls the State Mayor of Defense.
“During these days, the Canarian citizens perceive the active presence of the Operational Mandates in their terrestrial, maritime and airspace areas, which will include military airbrushes,” he explained.
Six Eurofighter
For the sake of Aire’s share of its share of combat aircraft Eurofighter Typhoon del Ala 11 and the Jefatura del Vigilancia y Control Aeroespacial (Jsvica), a total of 1,560 military implications.
Inside the Units of the Jsvica, meet in the Canary Islands the Alert and Control Group (Grualercon) y los Squadrons of Vigilancia Aérea (EVA) 21 y 22. Además, from the base of Torrejón de Ardoz, el Center for Operations of the Vigilancia Espacial (COVE) will be framed to promote special support services in operations.
Missile Batteries
According to Tierra Ejército, the forces involved include the integration of an Anti-Defense Unit (UDAA) of Mando de Artillería Antiaérea (MAAA) led by the Group GAAA I / 73 based in Cartagena (Murcia), charged with increasing vigilance and ensuring the coverage of the radar of the mandate and control system. The GAAA I / 73 constitutes the mandate and control key and the logistical key of the operational organization.
In fact, the fugue nucleus is composed of distinct systems of arms, Mistral del Artillery Regiment Antiaérea 71 (Fuencarral-Madrid), Nasams of the Regiments of Artillery Antiaérea 73 (Cartagena) y 94 (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) y Hawk del Artillery Regiment Antiaérea 74 (Seville).
Asimismo, la Transmission Unit of the Mandatory Artillery Antiaérea guarantees the deployment and integration of the UDAA in the Mando y Control System (SMC). In addition, an infantry company belonging to Regiment Soria 9 (Fuerteventura), will develop security commissions in the application to the UDAA MOA.
Álvaro de Bazán
For its part, the Armada will support the fragile Álvaro de Bazán, integrated in the 31ª Surface Squadron and with base in Ferrol’s military arsenal. If a type is broken F-100, specially designed for the anti-air defense, main missions in the current affairs include, among others, the fleet unit and the air defense area of its area of influence, very detachable thanks to its multifunction radar SPY 1-D.
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