US EditionPrincess Leonor Has a Top Gun Moment as She Wears Air Force Uniform for the First Time
Princess Leonor joins 483 cadets at the General Air and Space Academy for advanced pilot training, following a legacy of Spanish monarchs and undergoing the same rigorous routine as peers.
- Princess Leonor arrived at the General Air and Space Academy recently to join as an alférez alumna and blend into the LXXVIII Promotion fourth-year cohort.
- Following family tradition, Princess Leonor continues a legacy as both King Felipe VI and King Juan Carlos I trained at the same academy, preparing for her future role as Captain General of the Armed Forces.
- Her timetable starts with a month of intense classrooms and at least 50 hours on simulators, advancing to piloting the Pilatus PC-21 and covering drone operations and space studies.
- She will live communally and follow the same cadet routine, sharing quarters with two fellow female cadets and receiving no special privileges, Defence Minister Margarita Robles praised her as a positive example.
- The academy, upgraded in recent years, has improved student accommodations and modernised simulators, while experiencing growth and increased female representation from last year; Leonor is set to graduate in July 2026.
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As heir to the throne, Spain's Princess Leonor also has to undergo military training. Now she is taking her final course. Among other things, the palace publishes photos that she shows in the cockpit of an airplane.
On Monday, Princess Leonor began the final stage of her military training in the Academy of the Army of Air and Space of San Javier (Murcia) as fourth grade ensign. From this first of September until the end of next July, the first-born of the kings, Felipe VI and Letizia Ortiz, will live among the hangars located next to the Minor Sea and will receive specific classes in aeronautics in the center where all the military pilots of the country lea…
The third military course of Princess Leonor began this Monday at the General Air Academy (AGA) of San Javier (Murcia). They spent a few minutes of noon when Ensign Borbón Ortiz arrived at the octogenarian facilities of the Murcia center to complete in the next few months her military training after studying at the General Academy of Zaragoza and the Naval School of Marín (Pontevedra), whose learning included an instructional journey on board th…
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