Naval Station Rota Spain
I1 i3 i5
I7 i10 i12
The Base Naval de Rota Spanish Navy is located between the towns of Rota and El Puerto de Santa María on the north shore of the Bay of Cádiz. It has an area of 24.68 km ² and is thus one of the largest naval bases in Europe. On the basis, inter alia, are to a military airbase with an area of 2.71 km ² and port facilities with three piers.
The base is also used in addition to the Armada of Spain and of the United States Navy. This is based on a 1953 closed in the early days of the Cold War agreements between the two countries, as Spain did not belong to NATO under Franco. The naval base is under a Spanish Rear Admiral. The external security of the base is up to Spain alone, inside it there is a common military police from both nations. The U.S. Navy has about 80 % of the surface of the base.
Since February 2014, the first of four Aegis warships of the U.S. Navy stationed in Rota, to protect Europe under the National Missile Defense against nuclear missiles. For this purpose, the base was modernized and expanded in five years of construction. In addition to land-based extensions, this sea were wrested 60,000 m² new territory, the pier was extended to 1 300 m and another one that recreated Pier 4. For additional smaller units created a Help Spier, and ro-ro vessels are now able to be loaded and unloaded.
Armada Española
The base is home to the following floating units of the Spanish fleet:
- Grupo de Acción Naval 1 41 ª Escuadrilla de Escoltas with six frigates of the Santa María class
- Supply ships Patiño and Marqués de la Ensenada
- Amphibious assault ship Juan Carlos I.
- Amphibious Docktransportschiffe the Galicia class
- Tank landing ship Pizarro
Rota is the land base of all aircraft of the Armada. The Flotilla de Aeronaves, which is divided into six flying squadrons.
In addition to flying and floating associations Rota is home to various country offices.
United States Navy
The naval base of the U.S. Navy is part of the base of the Spanish Navy. The task of the U.S. base is to support the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, the Air Mobility Command and the Military Sealift Command 's Maritime Prepositioning Squadrons. The United States operate on the basis of a hospital (U.S. Naval Hospital Rota ), 801 residential buildings, 426 other buildings, shops, eating out, a primary school (David Glasgow Farragut Elementary School ), a comprehensive school (David G. Farragut High School) and field offices Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University, Navy College, Rota Community College, University of Maryland, David Glasgow Farragut Schools and University of Oklahoma. Working on the base and a population of about 3000 people.
The following units are stationed (selection) here:
- Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two ( VQ -2)
- Air Mobility Support Squadron ( AMSS )
- Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station ( NCTAMS )
- Naval Criminal Investigative Service Resident Agency
- Naval European Meterorology and Oceanography Center ( nemoc )
- Naval Leader Training Unit
- Naval Legal Service Office ( NLSO )
- Naval Media Center (NMC )
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ( NMCB )
- Naval Security Group Activity ( NSGA )
- Four " Aegis " destroyers of the Arleigh Burke-class: since 2014 USS Donald Cook ( DDG 75), from 2014 USS Ross ( DDG 71), USS Porter from 2015 addition (DDG 78) and USS Carney ( DDG 64).
The base is the headquarters of the Commander, U.S. Naval Activities Spain, in personal union Commanding Officer of Naval Station Rota. Military aircraft took off from, inter alia, from Rota to lead the international military intervention in Libya 2011.
In 1992, the airfield of the naval base was a possible emergency landing of the Space Shuttle at a take-off.