NATO 2000: The Role of the Spanish Air Force

Abstract

Since Spain joined NATO in 1982, many things have happened. The Socialist government held a referendum on March, 1986 to determine if Spaniards would like to continue in the Alliance. In spite of being a NATO member, Spain is not integrated in the military structure, in accordance with the government's view of cooperation without integration. Spain, also, entered in the Western European Union (WEU) on December, 1988. The paper covers some facts ont he Spanish Air Force, analyzes the threat, NATO's air defense in Europe and the Spanish Strategic Concept. The author deals with some possible actions of control in the air space and how this control will be in Spanish strategic areas in the year 2000. The final conclusions are the significant role of the Spanish Air Force in NATO 2000s.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA217254

Entities

People

  • Gonzalo C. Cuenca

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Defense Systems
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Geography
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems
  • Western Europe

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space