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Spanish Army Air Defence Command

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Spanish Army Air Defence Command

The Spanish Army Air Defence Command (Spanish Mando de Artillería Antiaérea, MAAA) is a specific command of the Spanish Army, composed of anti-air artillery units under a same command, formed, trained and equipped to contribute, into a joint or joint/combined frame, to the air space control and defense. Those units may act either in the national territory or as a reinforcement to allied organization based on the joint and Army specific doctrine.

The MAAA is composed of a General Quarter and a set of Anti-Air Artillery units and units of combat support.

The units belonging to the MAAA are:

  • 71st Anti-air Artillery Regiment in Madrid with Mistral surface-to-air missiles
  • 73rd Anti-air Artillery Regiment in Cartagena with Skyguard-Aspide surface-to-air missile systems
  • 74th Anti-air Artillery Regiment in San Roque with MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile systems
  • Signal Battalion in Madrid
  • The 94th Anti-air Artillery Regiment, which fields NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems falls under operational control of the Canarias General Command.

    References

    Spanish Army Air Defence Command Wikipedia