Academia General del Aire
The Academia General del Aire (AGA) is the officer's school with academic training for the Spanish Air Force . It was founded in 1945 and is located at Murcia-San Javier Airport in San Javier ( Murcia region ).
As of 2006, the basic requirement for admission to the Academia General del Aire - as well as for the Academia General Militar - is a secondary school diploma ( Bachiller ) from an Instituto de Educación Secundaria or an equivalent qualification (see Abitur ). Those who have successfully passed the state university entrance examination in Spain ( Selectividad ) can then start studying for several years leading to a Diplomatura (equivalent to a Bachelor's degree ) . Furthermore, the applicants must not be older than 23 years and must have passed their own examination for officer applicants.
The Academia General del Aire is a member of the European Air Force Academies (EUAFA).
Web links
- Academia General del Aire website (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Preston : The Politics of Revenge. Fascism and the Military in 20th-Century Spain . Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005, ISBN 0-203-40037-2 , p. 38.
- ↑ Eurydice European Unit: European Glossary of Education . Volume 2: Educational Institutions . With a foreword by Patricia Wastiau-Schlüte, 2nd edition, EURYDICE, Brussels 2006, ISBN 92-79-00167-1 , p. 18.