The Minister of Defense, María Dolores de Cospedal, will visit the Lanzarote Military Airfield

The Minister of Defense, María Dolores de Cospedal, will visit the Lanzarote Military Airfield this Thursday, July 20. This facility is the "main alternative of Wing 46, based in Gando, and which operates as a Deployment Unit with the mission of providing operational and logistical support to any air unit of the Air Force that operates from it", as reported by the Ministry of Defense.

The visit to Lanzarote will close a tour that María Dolores de Cospedal will make of military facilities of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force in the Canary Islands on July 19 and 20. As explained by the Ministry of Defense, the minister will be accompanied on this trip by the Chiefs of Staff of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, Army General Francisco Javier Varela, Admiral General Teodoro López Calderón and Air General Javier Salto, respectively.

The visit will begin on July 19 in Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura, headquarters of the "Soria" Infantry Regiment No. 9, "the oldest unit in the Army, whose origin dates back to 1509", as highlighted by Defense. The minister will visit the unit and then move to the "Lieutenant Colonel Valenzuela" barracks, in El Matorral, where she will witness training activities. Then, she will move to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where she will meet with the president of the Canary Islands Government, Fernando Clavijo, and where she will visit the General Headquarters of the Canary Islands Command (MCANA).

The second day, Thursday, July 20, will begin with a visit by the Minister of Defense to the Navy Arsenal in Las Palmas. "The main mission of this Arsenal is to provide logistical support to ships and units that are in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, as well as to those ships that are in transit or carrying out operations in the area", as stated by the Ministry.

Later, María Dolores de Cospedal will move to the Gando Air Base, where she will visit Wing 46 and its two squadrons, the 462nd Fighter and Combat Squadron and the 802nd Rescue Squadron, as well as the Alert and Control Group (GRUALERCON) which "has the mission of monitoring the airspace under its responsibility".