Spanish Armed Forces
| Spanish Armed Forces Fuerzas Armadas Españolas |
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| Service branches |
 Spanish Royal Guard
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| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
| Leadership | |
| Supreme Commander |
Captain general H. M. Felipe VI |
| Minister of Defence | María Dolores de Cospedal |
| Chief of the Defence Staff |
General Admiral Fernando García Sánchez |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Active personnel | 132,798 military and 92,692 Civil Guards |
| Reserve personnel | 16,200 |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget |
 € 6.971 billion (2016) |
| Percent of GDP | ~0.62% (2016) |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Airbus Group, Santa Bárbara, Navantia, Indra, Gamesa, Abengoa |
| Foreign suppliers |
 United States Germany France Italy Israel
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| Annual imports | € 2.415 billion (2010) |
| Annual exports | € 4.174 billion (2010) |
| Related articles | |
| History | Military history of Spain |
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The Spanish Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Españolas, FFAA) are the military forces of the Kingdom of Spain. The Spanish Armed Forces are a modern military force charged with defending the Kingdom's integrity and sovereignty. They consist of the Army, Navy and Air Force. The King is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, with the title Capitán General de las Fuerzas Armadas (General Captain of the Armed Forces) The current Chief of the Defence Staff is General Admiral Fernando García Sánchez. The Armed Forces are active members of NATO, the Eurocorps, the European Union Battlegroups, and also provide peace keeping troops to the United Nations.
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