Air Forces Monthly
Spanish Navy Hughes H369 Armada Argos
Published March 2016
The feature describes the current role of the H369 within the Spanish FLOAN.
The Spanish Naval Air Forces or La Flotilla de Aeronaves de la Armada (FLOAN) is one of the sole operators of the Hughes 369 Helicopters within NATO. The first batch of five Hughes 369 helicopters was acquired in April 1972 and were appointed to the Spanish Naval Air Forces and based at NAS Rota. The Spanish Navy referred to the helicopters as Hughes 500M ASW nicknamed “Argo”. With the arrival of the helicopters Sexta Escuadrilla was formed on 15 May 1972.
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- Patrick Roegies
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- Patrick Roegies
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