Aviación Nacional
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The terms "Aviación Nacional" ("Nationalist Aviation"), "Fuerza Aérea Nacional" ("Nationalist Air Force") and "Ejército Nacional del Aire" ("Nationalist Army of the Air") refer to military air units supporting General Franco against the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War and includes:
- The Nationalist side of the Spanish Air Force made up of planes supplied by Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and by aircraft captured from the Spanish Republican Air Force
- Condor Legion of Nazi Germany
- Aviazione Legionaria of Fascist Italy[1]
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Aviación Nacional | |
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Active | 1936–1939 |
Country | Spain |
Allegiance | Nationalist faction |
Branch | Spanish Armed Forces (Nationalist faction) |
Type | Air force |
Engagements | Spanish Civil War |
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At the end of the war, the air force was reorganised into the current iteration of the Spanish Air Force, with its fin flash still used on modern Spanish aircraft.