US EditionPrincess Leonor has a Top Gun moment as she wears air force uniform for the first time
- On September 1, 2025, Princess Leonor, the heir apparent to the Spanish throne, commenced the final phase of her military education at the General Air Academy located in San Javier, within the Murcia region.
- She arrives after completing naval training this summer and will enter a condensed fourth-year program to prepare for flying the new Pilatus PC-21 trainer.
- Leonor will follow a rigorous schedule shared with 74 peers, including classroom instruction, flight simulators, and living in communal quarters with no special privileges.
- Her training involves at least 50 hours on simulators, advancing to instructor-led flights, with the potential for solo flight within weeks, while the academy upgrades facilities and simulators.
- This milestone continues a royal legacy, as her father King Felipe VI trained there decades ago, and Defense Minister Robles praised Leonor's dedication as an example of Armed Forces values.
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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.
The princess in the Air Academy to complete training. (ANSA)
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…
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