My name is Alejandro Afonso, and this is my first post. I live in the Canary Islands and I spent some time at Gando Air Base during the DACT Campaign.
The Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire, EdA) carried out a Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) Exercise at Gando Air Base, Canary Islands , from Feb the 1st to Feb the 12th. Fighters from all the combat units of the EdA took part, Mirage F-1 from Ala 14, EF-18 Hornet from Alas 12, 15 and 46, Eurofighter Typhoon from Ala 11, plus United States Air Force (USAF) F- 15C Eagle from 493rd Fighter Squadron. The exercise also included the participation of an E-3 Sentry from NATO Component, and the Search and Rescue coverage was assigned to the 802 Squadron.
I have made 12 videos for the EdA official web site, covering this massive air combat campaign. The comments are in Spanish, but they included a lot of footage of the air ops, plus some interesting in cockpit footage.
I have added the youtube links below, and here you can download a divx version of any of these videos and see a good number of pictures:
http://www.thefightercommunity.com/Web/home_english.htm
I hope you like them! 😉
Alejandro
PS: Just let me note that AFM magazine said that the 493rd’s F-15C brought the AIM-9X and the JHMCS for the first time to the DACT this year, which was wrong, the F-15C were equipped with them last year during DACT 2009.
Intro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h5lbtwnfK0
Goals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPLV8qINWRc
ALA 14 (Wing 15th).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvwvobU1aNg
NATO E-3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gajAFgdGlAU
Gando Air Base.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G972bCHTQ7g
ALA 12 (Wing 12th).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SktRBSlM1g
SPOTTER’S DAY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_1dAmG0cWI
ALA 15 (Wing 15th).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPzv9zM_kFY
ALA 11 (Wing 11th).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGYPW2rImmg
493rd Fighter Squadron (USAF).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzetFsCKoio
462 Squadron (ALA 46).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGT6E67fgjU
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June 12, 2010 at 10:12 pm