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an Javier, Murcia – The heir to the Spanish throne has arrived in Murcia, as she begins a new chapter in her military training.
Princess Leonor touched down just before noon on Monday in a Falcon jet, stepping onto the runway at San Javier with the quiet confidence that has already become her hallmark. This year, the Princess of Asturias will call the General Air Force Academy (AGA) her home. Dressed in a crisp blue Air and Space Force uniform, her name stitched modestly as Second Lieutenant Borbon Ortiz, Leonor blends formality with determination. Even her green flight suit carries the same personalisation, signalling that the 18-year-old royal is ready to embrace the demanding life of a cadet. After two intense years of military immersion, one in the Army, the other in the Navy, Leonor now turns her focus to the skies.
Princess Leonor with the Commanding Officer of the Student Squadron, Carlos Puerta, Juarez
At San Javier, she joins 481 cadets, 74 of them women. In her own class of 75, 15 are future female officers, making up 20 percent, a sign of changing times in a historically male-dominated institution.
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