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摘要

After an eight-year absence, this past August the Ejército del Aire once again participated in Exercise Red Flag, when it sent eight EF-18Ms and two KC-130H Hercules tankers to Nellis Air Force Base. Six months later and while the results of the previous deployment were still being studied, eight Eurofighter Typhoons departed Moron Air Base near Seville on February 18 bound for Red Flag 17-2, the first time Spanish Typhoons have participated in the US Air Force's premier air exercise. The Typhoon entered Ejercito del Aire service back in 2004. Despite speculation that Spanish Typhoons would participate last year, the decision was made to attend this year, because the aircraft has now reached a sufficient maturity with both operating units, Ala 11 based at Moron and Ala 14 based at Albacete, to gain an optimal level of training in both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions.