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Other name | EAE |
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| Motto | « Faire face » (French) (also motto of theFrench Air and Space Force) |
Motto in English | « Face honestly, truthfully & correctly[1] straight forward » |
| Type | Air Force Academy,Grande École |
| Established | 1933 |
| Rector | Brigadier General Pierre Réal |
| Director | Brigadier General Pierre Réal |
| Students | 500[2] |
| Location | , France |
| Affiliations | CDEFI,CGE,[3]PEGASUS[4] |
| Website | www |
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TheÉcole de l'air et de l'espace (French pronunciation:[ekɔldəlɛʁedəlɛspas]) is amilitary school andgrande école training line officers in theFrench Air and Space Force. It is located atSalon-de-Provence Air Base inSalon-de-Provence, France.
In 1922, theÉcole du génie (School of Engineering) ofVersailles was entrusted with the mission to train all officers and aircrew in aeronautics.
TheÉcole militaire et d’application de l’Aéronautique (Military and Aeronautical School) was set up in 1925. The officer cadets from the non-commissioned officers' corps and young officers from theÉcole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr andÉcole Polytechnique attended training at Versailles for two years. For pilots, their training then continues atAvord and thenCazaux, where they train in aerial combat and bombing.
PresidentAlbert Lebrun created theÉcole de l'air et de l'espace by Presidential decree in 1933. The school's first class began training November 4, 1935. The school's motto,Faire Face ("Overcoming") is a tribute to CapitaineGeorges Guynemer, aWorld War Ifighter ace
In 1937, the school moved into still-unfinished buildings in Salon,Bouches-du-Rhône. The outbreak of World War II forced the school to relocate several times from 1939 to 1945, to sites includingBordeaux,Collioure, andMarrakech. It was not until 1946 that the school returned to the now-completed campus at Salon. The school received theLegion of Honor and theCroix de Guerre from PresidentVincent Auriol in 1947.
Other specialized schools joined theÉcole de l'air et de l'espace, including theÉcole du commissariat de l'Air, which trains administrative, legal, and financial officers, in 1953, and theCours Spécial de l'École de l'air et de l'espace (CSEA), which trains exchange cadets from French-speaking African countries, in 1973.
In 1969, theÉcole de l'air et de l'espace began an exchange program with theUnited States Air Force Academy, for eight cadets per school each year.
The school first accepted women in 1976.
Since 2008, TheÉcole de l'air et de l'espace also proposes twomastères spécialisés courses in aviation safety aircraftairworthiness and aerospace project management in partnership with theÉcole nationale de l'aviation civile and theInstitut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace.[5][6]
In 2015, TheÉcole de l'air et de l'espace launched aMOOC titledCompréhension de l’Arme Aérienne (Understanding Air Power) onFrance Université Numérique's platform.[7]
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