{"id":66826,"date":"2026-08-21T19:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=66826"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:26:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:26:44","slug":"in-memory-of-sub-lieutenant-jose-angel-fernandez-of-the-spanish-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/08\/21\/in-memory-of-sub-lieutenant-jose-angel-fernandez-of-the-spanish-air-force\/","title":{"rendered":"In memory of Sub-Lieutenant Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Fern\u00e1ndez, of the Spanish Air Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the third article I've written this week about a member of the Spanish Armed Forces who has died. A sad week, without a doubt.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EjercitoAire\/status\/2090698021356917152\" target=\"_blank\">the Spanish Air Force announced the death of Sub-Lieutenant Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a>. He died of natural causes during a day off while stationed at the Santiago de Compostela Military Airfield as part of the wildfire fighting campaign.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55478642746_e1c07f4583_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sub-Lieutenant Fern\u00e1ndez, 56, married with two children, was assigned to the 43rd Air Force Group<\/strong>, based in Torrej\u00f3n de Ardoz, which deploys detachments to various locations in Spain every summer to combat forest fires with its CL-215T and CL-415 amphibious aircraft.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcSxmlskYRQ\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\">The Air Force stated<\/a>: <em>\"<strong>His more than 30 years and 4,000 flight hours with the unit pale in comparison to his camaraderie, charisma, and deep love for his profession.<\/strong> We join in the grief of his family, friends, and colleagues. Rest in peace, Sub-Lieutenant.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcRY6dpDOaO\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\">The 43rd Group stated yesterday<\/a>: <em>\"<strong>\u00c1ngel was a great corsair, one of the most experienced flight mechanics, who had been fighting alongside us for almost 30 years.<\/strong>A great friend and much-loved colleague, indispensable to the daily life of our unit, has left us unexpectedly. The entire corsair family will be eternally indebted to you.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>My deepest condolences to the family and colleagues of the deceased sub-lieutenant.<\/strong> Grant him, O Lord, eternal rest. Let perpetual light shine upon him. Rest in peace.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5629\/22582905265_608631007e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the third article I&#8217;ve written this week about a member of the Spanish Armed Forces who has died. A sad week, without a doubt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19630,11415,25897,11546],"tags":[6822,12177,1805,27712,11462,11875,27711],"class_list":["post-66826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1a-plana-defense-eng","category-1-plana-english","category-in-memoriam-eng","category-military-aviation","tag-43-grupo-de-fuerzas-aereas","tag-aerodromo-militar-de-santiago-de-compostela","tag-galicia","tag-santiago-de-compostela-military-aerodrome","tag-spain","tag-spanish-air-force","tag-sub-lieutenant-jose-angel-fernandez"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-28 22:16:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}