When the Spanish Air Force was created in 1940, an anthem was created, but was changed in 1967 to what is currently sung today. It was created by José María Pemán and Ricardo Dorado and was chosen among 198 other works presented to a competition call by the Spanish Air Ministry.
| Spanish Royal Air and Space Force Anthem | |
| Alcemos el vuelo | We take flight |
| sobre el alto cielo | above the high sky |
| lejos de la tierra | far from the earth |
| la esperanza nos lleva detrás | the hope brings us back |
| el Aire en la guerra | the Air during the war |
| comienza a ser paz. | begins to be peaceful |
| Midiendo del Aire la limpia grandeza | Measuring from the air the clean grandeur |
| el alma se llena de luz y de amor | the soul fills itself of light and of love |
| la vida y la muerte cantan la belleza | life and death sing the beauty |
| de una España más clara y mejor | of a clearer and better Spain |
| Volad, alas gloriosas de España | Fly, glorious wings of Spain |
| estrellas de un cielo radiante de sol | stars of a radiant sky of sunshine |
| y escribid sobre el viento la hazaña | and write about the wind, the deeds, |
| la gloria infinita de ser español | the infinite glory of being Spanish. |
| A España ofrecida, | Offered to Spain, |
| tengo muerte y vida | I have death and life |
| como quien la juega | as anyone who plays it |
| en un lance de gloria y honor | in a fight of glory and honor |
| la aurora me leva | the dawn weighs me |
| como un nuevo amor | as a new love |
| Alegre la mano tenaz el empeño | Happy the persistent hand the insistence |
| la rosa del viento tomamos por cruz | the compass we take as a cross |
| jamás bajaremos desde nuestro sueño | we will never come down from our dream |
| a una España sin gloria y sin luz | to a Spain without glory and without light |
| volad, alas gloriosas de España | Fly, glorious wings of Spain |
| estrellas de un cielo radiante de sol | stars of a radiant sky of sunshine |
| y escribid sobre el viento la hazaña | and write about the wind, the deeds, |
| la gloria infinita de ser español | the infinite glory of being Spanish. |