Getafe (Madrid). .- The C-235 maritime surveillance mission will participate in the international arms embargo on Libya has game today, with twelve soldiers on board, from the air base at Getafe (Madrid) towards the base Decimonannu Italian (Sardinia .) With the addition of this aircraft is complete deployment of all Spanish naval and air assets earmarked for international operations in Libya.
The surveillance plane took off from the base around 10:30 hours Madrid bound for the Italian base, where they are deployed since last Monday, four F-18 and the refueling aircraft, fitted in the international mission in Libya. To run the fulfillment of the arms embargo on Libya, Spain has also ordered the F-104 frigate "Méndez Núñez" and the submarine S-74 "Tramontana".
The C-235 which has started today due to the Italian base, also called T-19, is intended to work for maritime surveillance and rescue. This type of aircraft are subject to a modernization plan called VIGMA program with which you want to replace the C-212 and Fokker 27, which in some cases accumulated up to 30 years of service.
Have innovative communication and navigation systems, including sensors (radar, infrared cameras and viewers) for maritime surveillance missions and search and rescue. They also carry tactical integrated mission systems, called FITS, which integrate and exploit the information obtained.
The F-18 flying for five hours on a new mission to patrol the four F-18 and Boeing 707 refueling aircraft have conducted a new air patrol mission, which lasted about five hours, in the international operation in Libya, according to the Ministry of Defence. The first two fighters took off around 07:30 hours, and half an hour later did the other two, Defense reported a statement specifying that the aircraft landed safely just after 12:30.
The surveillance plane took off from the base around 10:30 hours Madrid bound for the Italian base, where they are deployed since last Monday, four F-18 and the refueling aircraft, fitted in the international mission in Libya. To run the fulfillment of the arms embargo on Libya, Spain has also ordered the F-104 frigate "Méndez Núñez" and the submarine S-74 "Tramontana".
The C-235 which has started today due to the Italian base, also called T-19, is intended to work for maritime surveillance and rescue. This type of aircraft are subject to a modernization plan called VIGMA program with which you want to replace the C-212 and Fokker 27, which in some cases accumulated up to 30 years of service.
Have innovative communication and navigation systems, including sensors (radar, infrared cameras and viewers) for maritime surveillance missions and search and rescue. They also carry tactical integrated mission systems, called FITS, which integrate and exploit the information obtained.
The F-18 flying for five hours on a new mission to patrol the four F-18 and Boeing 707 refueling aircraft have conducted a new air patrol mission, which lasted about five hours, in the international operation in Libya, according to the Ministry of Defence. The first two fighters took off around 07:30 hours, and half an hour later did the other two, Defense reported a statement specifying that the aircraft landed safely just after 12:30.
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