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The acting Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, said Tuesday that there is a lively debate within the Air Force about the advisability of modifying its nomenclature to be called the Air and Space Army, a possibility that did not rule out that it materializes in the future, since "space is part of our security and our life".

This is how Robles said, in declarations to journalists, after his participation in the opening ceremony of the Alfredo Kindelán International Chair Seminar, in the Madrid General Air Headquarters.

The incumbent Defense head said that "the future goes through the union of the Air and Space Army", since "you cannot contemplate the 21st century without ignoring space."

This served to reflect on the challenges that, for security, poses the space and for those who cannot adopt exclusively national positions, because this sphere "depends on our security and our life".

Therefore, he acknowledged that within the Army of the Air there is a debate about his name in order to change his nomenclature and change his name to the Air and Space Army, a possibility he did not disdain, because "space forms part of our security and our life. "

Finally, the minister also referred to the state in which the acquisition of the new trainer aircraft of the General Air Academy is located, for whose purchase the Government approved a budget of 225 million euros. The new device will replace the current one, the C-101, which is around 40 years old.

The Air Force considers that the date on which the current C-101 system will not be able to continue providing basic training for students is September 2021.

The minister did not give too many details about it, just saying that "the Air Force will have the best trainer plane."

Previously, during the opening ceremony of the aforementioned seminar, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (Jema), General Javier Salto, revealed that the space has become a new scenario that poses a series of threats and challenges which must be approached in concert with the rest of the partner countries and allies.

This served to comment on the possibility of the Air Force changing its name to become the Air and Space Army.

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