Portuguese Air Force Academy

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Portuguese Air Force Academy
Academia da Força Aérea
MottoE não menos por armas que por letras
Motto in English
"No less by arts exalt than arms and wars" (from The Lusiads, Canto III, 13, v. 8)
TypeAir force academy
Established1 February 1978
Commander of the AFAMajor-general pilot-aviator Paulo José Reis Mateus
Academic staff
46
Students184
Address
Granja do Marquês, 2715-021 PÊRO PINHEIRO
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CampusSintra Air Base
Websitewww.emfa.pt/afa

The Portuguese Air Force Academy (AFA, Academia da Força Aérea in Portuguese) is a Portuguese military higher education institution whose aim is to provide all its students with the training and the experience that will enable them to graduate having gained the knowledge and the character qualities that are essential for leadership, and the motivation to become Portuguese Air Force officers. It comprises both university and polytechnical academic programmes.