{"id":57313,"date":"2024-10-04T17:29:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T15:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57313"},"modified":"2025-12-05T18:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:22:31","slug":"a-spanish-ef-18-pilot-of-wing-12-dies-when-his-plane-crashes-in-teruel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/10\/04\/a-spanish-ef-18-pilot-of-wing-12-dies-when-his-plane-crashes-in-teruel\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spanish EF-18 pilot of the Wing 12 dies when his plane crashes in Teruel"},"content":{"rendered":"

This afternoon we learned the sad news of the death in an accident of a Spanish Air Force pilot.<\/p>\n

A Spanish EF-18 Hornet fighter seen up close and showing small details of its fuselage<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe best photos from the US National Archives about the Spanish Air Force<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

The deceased is Lieutenant Colonel Pablo Estrada Mart\u00edn<\/a>, born in 1975, married with four children. He was the head of the Air Forces of Wing 12, based in Torrej\u00f3n de Ardoz, and had more than 2,358 flight hours, 970 of them in EF-18<\/strong>. His plane crashed near the city of Teruel. No further details are known about what happened at the moment.<\/p>\n

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With today's accident, 12 EF-18s have been lost by Spain<\/strong> from a total fleet of 96 aircraft, accidents in which 4 pilots have died. This is the third accident of Wing 12 with this aircraft and the second with a fatality.<\/p>\n

From here I send my condolences to the family and colleagues of Lieutenant Colonel Estrada.<\/p>\n

Give Lord eternal rest. Let perpetual light shine upon him. Rest in peace.<\/p>\n

Honor demanded and they obeyed,
\nDuty required it and they complied with it;
\nWith their blood the company was signed
\nWith their efforts they made the country great.<\/p>\n

They were big and strong, because they were
\nFaithful to the oath they swore.
\nThat's why they fought like brave men,
\nAnd they died like heroes.<\/p>\n

Dying for the country was his destiny,
\nLove Spain its eternal passion,
\nServe in the Armies his vocation and fate.<\/p>\n

They did not want to serve another Flag,
\nThey did not want to walk another path,
\nThey didn't know how to live any other way.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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