The mayor of Torre Pacheco, Antonio León, accompanied by members of the Municipal Corporation, attends the cemetery of Torre Pacheco, the act that as every year, the General Air Academy dedicates to the memory of the deceased soldiers of the AGA in action of service, on the occasion of Memorial Day for the Fatherland.
The colonel director of the AGA, Manuel de la Chica, has presided over the event, held in the space that the Academy has in the cemetery of Torre Pacheco, to that act have attended various military commanders, as well as the music band of the academy , and members of the Loreto Ladies Association.
"A day of remembrance to honor the fallen in Spanish aviation" has commented on the Girl, reiterating the "pride of keeping that memory alive."
In addition, León recalled the link between the municipality of Torre Pacheco and military aviation, which dates back to 1915, when the seaplane base was created in Los Alcázares, a municipality that belonged to the term of Torre Pacheco.
Being in the year 1932 and when there is no cemetery in Los Alcázares, when aviation made a pantheon of the army of the air in the Parish Cemetery of Torre Pacheco.
David Robles, Vicar and Pastor of our town, has accompanied the chaplain of the Academy who has officiated a response in which he reminded the deceased military of the Air Force in an act that has begun with the raising of the flag, the placement of the laurel wreath, by Colonel Manuel de la Chica and the mayor of Torre Pacheco, Antonio León, on the cross that presides over the enclosure, and ending with the anthem of the Army of the Air.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco