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Spanish Army Air Defence Command

The Spanish Army Air Defence Command (Spanish: Mando de Artillería Antiaérea, MAAA) is a command of the Spanish Army, based in Madrid; 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-aircraft artillery units and units of combat support.

The units belonging to the MAAA are:

The 94th Anti-air Artillery Regiment, which fields NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems falls under operational control of the Canarias General Command.

The 72nd Anti-Air Artillery Regiment was disbanded in December 2015.

Equipment in service

These are the air-defence systems in service with the Spanish Army.

Air surveillance and command centers

Mostly used with very short, short and medium range systems.

Air defence weapons

MIM-104 Patriot PAC-2 system

The fire units currently in service were purchased to the German Air Force between 2004 and 2014.

MIM-23B Hawk

NASAMS 2

The system has been in service since 2003, and a modernisation contract was signed in 2025.

MBDA Mistral

Oerlikon GDF-007

Equipment on order

Air defence weapons

MIM 104 Patriot PAC-3 +

The new fire units were ordered in July 2024.

See also

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