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Sep 22, 2026

Herman PoppleberryHOST
15:26
Italy, Space Operations Command, 2020.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
15:29
Spain renamed its Air Force the Spanish Air and Space Force in 2022.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
15:34
The Netherlands did the same in 2025.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
15:37
Colombia stood up a Colombian Aerospace Force in 2023.
Robert EvansHOST
8:19
They've been like, I don't really know how to describe this other than like drone trolling.
Robert EvansHOST
8:23
There were two Spanish jets that were stationed there that scrambled to like intercept the drone.
Robert EvansHOST
8:29
But their continuation of drone trolling states like within the EU and NATO, like this is a serious thing, right? Like these are serious and ongoing provocations.
Robert EvansHOST
8:41
Yeah.
speaker_2NARRATOR
5:02
The detachment activated in Estonia on August 25, comprising Spanish aircraft and personnel from Zaragoza, Spain.
speaker_2NARRATOR
5:10
Spanish Major Antonio Mancibo Marín, commander of the Spanish Air and Space Forces Embar detachment, said, "...our priority is to be ready to assume our operational duties at the earliest opportunity and to provide our allies with the most effective contribution possible to Baltic air defence." Working side by side with our Estonian hosts and Turkish allies allows us to align our procedures quickly and operate safely and effectively from the very first mission.
speaker_2NARRATOR
5:35
The activity brought together Estonian ground teams, Spanish EF-18M aircraft and Turkish F-16s, allowing personnel from the three allies to exchange procedures and build a shared understanding of operations at Amari.
speaker_2NARRATOR
5:47
On the ground, Estonian personnel refueled Spanish EF-18MS, while Estonian firefighters and Spanish medical personnel jointly reviewed rescue and emergency response procedures.

Unknown podcast

USAREUR-AF News Brief - September 10

Sep 10 · 1 Mention

speaker_0NARRATOR
3:51
The Washington Post reports Moldovan authorities temporarily closed the country's airspace after a Russian-type drone entered from Ukraine as President Zelensky prepared to depart Moldova for Norway.
speaker_0NARRATOR
4:03
The drone had also crossed Romanian airspace, where Spanish F-18s tracked it.
speaker_0NARRATOR
4:08
The incident highlights the continuing risk that Russian drone operations near Ukraine can spill into NATO airspace and disrupt civilian aviation across the region.
speaker_0NARRATOR
4:18
Defense News reports Ukrainian companies are accelerating development of high-speed interceptor drones designed to defeat Russia's growing fleet of jet-powered unmanned aircraft.
Steve StocktonHOST
1:57
Large eyes, small frame, a pop culture icon we've been conditioned to expect.
Steve StocktonHOST
2:03
But when you strip away the Hollywood tropes and open the restricted archives of the Spanish Air Force, the Italian Carabinieri, and even the French Gendarmerie, the reality is far more terrifying.
Steve StocktonHOST
2:18
We aren't talking about lights in the sky.
Steve StocktonHOST
2:21
Here we're talking about the Oz Factor.

41 MINS LATER

speaker_4UNKNOWN
43:07
Now let's talk about the Galdar
Steve StocktonHOST
43:09
Giant, or the Canary Island Sphere, from June 22, 1976.
Steve StocktonHOST
43:17
The encounter at Galdar is recognized by researchers as one of the most significant high strangeness events in European history due to the high caliber of witnesses, the physical scale of the craft, and the subsequent declassification of military files by the Spanish Air Force.
Steve StocktonHOST
43:34
This happened June 22, 1976 at approximately 10.30 p.m. between the municipalities of Galdar and Agate on the island of Gran Canaria, specifically near the mountain known as Montaña de Galdar.
C.W. LemoineHOST
63:23
So what
GonkyHOST
63:24
we have here are Spanish Air Force F-18s double bubble doing some dogfighting.
C.W. LemoineHOST
63:31
You didn't know that until I told you, but go on.
DougPANELIST
63:36
Okay, no music, please.
C.W. LemoineHOST
67:55
Oh, hell yeah,
GonkyHOST
67:56
dude.
GonkyHOST
67:57
The Spanish Air Force could we could whoever took this.
GonkyHOST
67:59
We need I got he needs more of this.
Steve StocktonHOST
1:56
Large eyes, small frame, a pop culture icon we've been conditioned to expect.
Steve StocktonHOST
2:02
But when you strip away the Hollywood tropes and open the restricted archives of the Spanish Air Force, the Italian Carabinieri, and even the French Gendarmerie, the reality is far more terrifying.
Steve StocktonHOST
2:18
We aren't talking about lights in the sky.
Steve StocktonHOST
2:21
Here we're talking about the Oz Factor.

37 MINS LATER

Steve StocktonNARRATOR
39:31
Now let's talk about the Galdar
Steve StocktonHOST
39:33
Giant, or the Canary Island Sphere, from June 22, 1976.
Steve StocktonHOST
39:40
The encounter at Galdar is recognized by researchers as one of the most significant high strangeness events in European history due to the high caliber of witnesses, the physical scale of the craft, and the subsequent declassification of military files by the Spanish Air Force.
Steve StocktonHOST
39:57
This happened June 22, 1976 at approximately 10.30 p.m. between the municipalities of Galdar and Agate on the island of Gran Canaria, specifically near the mountain known as Montaña de Galdar.
Daniel FriebeHOST
67:54
there.
Daniel FriebeHOST
67:55
In the 1990s, the Spanish Air Force declassified its historical UFO incident logs, and several files documented radar anomalies, unidentified phenomena, um, over the Aitana in the '70s and '80s.
Daniel FriebeHOST
68:10
A very thing...
Daniel FriebeHOST
68:10
You find a very th- uh, similar thing about Puig Major in, um, Mallorca.
Preston DennettHOST
40:13
It's quite an interesting area, and yeah, I think you'll find this one to be super fascinating.
Preston DennettHOST
40:20
It took a while to get to the truth of this case, which comes from Gordon Creighton, editor of the Flying Saucer Review, and was published in Volume 24, Number 5 issue, in an article titled, UFO Lands on Spanish Air Force Target Range.
Preston DennettHOST
40:36
The area of Las Bardenas Reales is a remote, unpopulated desert area that is used by the Spanish military as a target range where they can use live ammunition.
Preston DennettHOST
40:47
The first hint of the incident came when a Madrid newspaper printed a short account writing, and I quote, At about 11 p.m. last night, an unidentified flying object landed on the firing range.

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