Sania Ramel Airport welcomed him and Franco assumed command of the Spanish Army in Morocco. They held an improvised conference around the plane. The most important contribution of the Sania Ramel airfield to the Nationalist war effort during the Spanish Civil War was its role in the airlift that flew most of the Army of Africa into mainland Spain. It was the world's first long-range combat airlift. At that time, the rebels in Spanish Morocco were being blocked by the Spanish fleet which remained mostly loyal to the government and the Army of Africa, the only professional army in Spain, was key to
Hans Ramel appointed "underlöjtnant" at the Scanian Hussar Regiment on 8 November 1889. He retired from the army in 1901 and became "Hovjägmästare" in 1902. Ramel was part of the "Landstormen" from 1902 to 1926. Ramel became First "Hovjägmästare" in 1921 and Master of the Horse in 1932. He was municipal chairman from 1899 to 1933 and a member of the Riksdag's first chamber from 1917 to 1918. Ramel was chairman of Skåne Mortgage Association ("Skånska hypoteksföreningen"), Malmöhus County Forestry Board ("Malmöhus läns skogsvårdsstyrelse"), Malmöhus County Fishery Board ("Malmöhus läns fiskeristyrelse"), Malmö Handicraft Association ("Malmö hemslöjdsförening"), Färs Hundred Savings Bank ("Färs härads