After World War Two, as most countries were beginning to modernise their air forces, Spain found itself primarily flying the very aircraft it had been fielding a decade earlier. In fact, the most modern fighter in the EjercitodelAire(EdA, Spanish Air Force) was the Messerschmitt Bf 109F. However, with help from the US and the signing of the Pact of Madrid, Spain received its first military Jets in 1954. While the jets received were not the most modern of equipment, they flew well and enabled Spain to bring the EdA and Armada (Navy) in line with forces from other European countries. Spain soon had a fleet of jet aircraft in its armed services, which included the Lockheed T-33, North American F-86 Sabre, Hispano HA-200 Saeta and HA-220 Super Saeta, Lockheed F-104G Starfighter, Dassualt Mirage Ⅲ and F-l, Northrop F-5, McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom Ⅱ and Harrier AV-8S.
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