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"San Javier is not understood without the General Air Academy and the Academy is not understood without San Javier" Mayor José Miguel Luengo said today after discovering the plaque that gives name to the old avenue Francisco Franco, Santiago de la Ribera, which from now on it is renamed the avenida General del Aire.
José Miguel Luengo highlighted the close relationship of both institutions throughout the 75 years of existence celebrated by the AGA in 2018, for which an avenue has been dedicated as a tribute by the City Council and the municipality of San Javier "to an institution that we have inside our heart. "
The mayor discovered the plaque with the new name of the avenue accompanied by the Brigadier General 2 ° Head of the General Air Command, Jorge Clavero Mañueco, the colonel director of the AGA, Miguel Ivorra and the counselor of the Presidency of the Autonomous Community of Murcia , Pedro Rivera, in an act that was attended by numerous civil and military authorities, and the general public.
The colonel director of the AGA, Miguel Ivorra thanked the Mayor "the dedication of such an important avenue" that he considered "another example of the love we received".
The head of the AGA recalled the award of the Gold Medal of the Villa by the City Council to the AGA in 1968, and the Bowtie that sports the AGA flag in 1981, renewed in 2018, as well as an avenue to the Eagle Patrol in 2016. "We feel deeply rooted in San Javier," said Colonel Miguel Ivorra, who offered San Javier and the Region of Murcia "what we know best to do, which is service".
The Brigadier General Second Chief of the General Air Command, Jorge Clavero thanked the dedication of an avenue to the AGA on behalf of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and expressed "the honor that supposes for the Army to serve and more in Murcia where both we are loved. "
After the inauguration of the avenue, an act of raising the flag was held in the Puertas del Mar square where the Music Unit of the AGA and the Students' Squadron were formed.
The act began with the pass of magazine to the force on the part of the Second Head of the General Air Command, followed by the director of the AGA and the mayor of San Javier.
After reading the Efeméride dedicated to the creation of the AGA, 75 years ago, we proceeded to raise the flag to the sound of the national anthem.
A ground parade along Sandoval Avenue with the Student Squadron and the Music Unit put an end to the events.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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