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
Guillaume de Ramel in the late-1800s. As an investor, de Ramel has focused on starting new businesses and real estate development. He assisted in constructing an aircraft hangar facility at the Newport State Airport. In 2011, de Ramel was appointed to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council by Governor Lincoln Chafee and confirmed by the Rhode Island Senate in 2011. The CRMC, a quasi-judicial state agency, has a primary responsibility for "the preservation, protection, development, and restoration of coastal areas." De Ramel serves as Chairman of the Newport Hospital's F.H. Prince Memorial Hospital Fund, and is on the Advisory Committee of Rhode