Foreign missions

The Spanish Armed Forces are deployed in 18 foreign missions with more than 3.000 soldiers and civil guards in four continents. The largest contingents are settled in Lebanon, with 610 Blue Helmets, and in Irak, with 480 tropos. Inside the NATO framework, they are watching the Mediterranean Sea and take part in the Baltic Countries and Turkey defense.

Spain is also involved in all the EU military missions leaded in the african continent, with deployments in Mali, Center African Republic, Somalia, Senegal and Gabon, as well as in all the operations to avoid human traffic at the Lybian coast or the piracy at the Indian Ocean.

Spanish Units and Military Advisers taking part in foreign missions:

Place	Mission	Starting	Command
Baltic Countries	Baltic Air Policing	May - 2018
Mediterranean Sea	EUNAVFORMED Sophia	Jun - 2015
Central African Republic	EUTM RCA	Jul - 2016
Somalia	EUTM Somalia	Jan - 2010
Mali	EUTM Mali	Jan - 2013
Irak	Inherent Resolve	Oct - 2014
Senegal	Marfil Detachment	Jan - 2013
Oceano Índico	EUNAVFOR Atalanta	Sep - 2008
Turquía	NATO Support to Turkey	Sep - 2014
Bosnia i Herzegovina	EUFOR Althea BiH	Dec - 2004
Several operation áreas	Standing NATO Maritime Groups and Counter-Mine	Jan - 2017
Lebanon	UNIFIL	Sep - 2006
Colombia	UN Colombia	Aug - 2012
Latvia	Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP)	Jun - 2017
Afghanistan	Resolute Support (Afghanistan)	Jan - 2015
Several operation áreas	Sea Guardian  (check activation periods)	Nov - 2016
Central African Republic	Support to RCA - OP A/C (Gabon)	Dec - 2013