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A simplified drawing of the pre-design made by Navantia. The origins of the F110 class project are in the planned replacement for the Spanish Navy's Santa María-class frigates, as contemplated in the ALTAMAR Plan, a Spanish naval white book to modernize the Spanish Navy, with five frigates originally to be built as an enlarged version of the Álvaro de Bazán-class frigates.
In October 2022, the General State Budget allocated EUR220 million (US$216 million) to start the process of replacing both the Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet and the Navy's AV-8B Harrier aircraft. A request for information has also been sent to the United States Government about both the F-35A and F-35B aircraft. [17]
The Álvaro de Bazán class, also known as the F100 class, is a class of Aegis combat system-equipped air defence frigates in service with the Spanish Navy.The vessels were built by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia in Ferrol, with the lead ship of the class named for Admiral Álvaro de Bazán.
F110, F.110 or F-110 may refer to : F-110 Spectre, the original United States Air Force designation of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft; General Electric F110, a jet engine; a model of truck in the Ford F-Series; F110 class frigate, a class of frigates under development for the Spanish Navy
Álvaro de Bazán sails alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during Álvaro de Bazán ' s departure from Carrier Strike Group Two. In late 2005, Álvaro de Bazán was deployed as part of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group in the Persian Gulf.
Cristóbal Colón is the fifth and last ship of the Álvaro de Bazán-class of air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy.The ship is named after Christopher Columbus, the Genoese explorer that claimed the discovery of America in the name of the Crown of Castile.
Almirante Juan de Borbón (F-102) is the second ship of the new F-100 class of air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy in 2003. She is named for Infante Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona , father of the former King of Spain, Juan Carlos I .
[15] [16] On 19 December, Méndez Núñez and another coalition vessel completed their second mission escorting a ship of the World Food Program and managed to prevented the hijacking of the North Korean ship Dae San. On 19 February 2013, Méndez Núñez and the Dutch frigate HNLMS De Ruyter took part in the arrest of nine pirates. [17]