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Moron Air Base

Morón, Spain
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Spanish Air Force base with NATO strategic significance.

Opened
1941
Location
Morón de la Frontera, Spain
Morón Air Base (LEMO) is a military airfield located near Morón de la Frontera in Andalusia, southern Spain. It serves as a joint-use installation operated primarily by the Spanish Air Force, with a significant United States Air Force presence under bilateral defense agreements. The base has historically played an important strategic role within NATO, serving as a logistics and support hub in the Western Mediterranean region. It gained heightened international attention as a staging point for operations in Africa, including support missions during various regional crises. The airfield is not open to commercial passenger traffic and has no scheduled civil airline services. Its runways and infrastructure are maintained to support military transport, tanker, and combat aircraft operations.
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  • ›Operated jointly by the Spanish Air Force and the United States Air Force under a bilateral defense treaty.
  • ›Home to the USAF's Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response – Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF) at various periods.
  • ›Located approximately 60 kilometers southeast of Seville in the Andalusian countryside.
  • ›Has a long runway capable of handling large military transport aircraft such as the C-17 Globemaster III.
  • ›The base dates to the early 1940s and was expanded significantly during the Cold War under US-Spain defense agreements.
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Morón Air Base
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Morón Air Base is a Spanish air base, located at 37°10′N 5°36′W in southern Spain, approximately 35 miles (56 km) southeast of the city of Seville. The base gets its name from the nearby town of Morón de la Frontera, while it is located inside the municipality of Arahal. The base is shared by United States and Spanish forces, but the base is under Spanish command and only the Spanish flag and command insignia are flown.

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