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Historical Archive of the Air Force

Villaviciosa de Odón, Área Metropolitana, Madrid

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Historical Archive of the Air Force

Curiosity · Villaviciosa de Odón, Área Metropolitana, Madrid

The Historical Archive of the Air Force, created by Decree 2396/1972 of 18 August under the double designation General and Historical, is one of the eight National Archives of the Defence Archival System and holds the historical documentation of the Air Force that is twenty years old or more. Since 1972 it has occupied the castle of Villaviciosa de Odón, built in 1496 by the Marquises of Moya, destroyed by the comuneros in 1520 and rebuilt shortly afterwards, which had previously housed Spain's first School of Forestry Engineers, between 1848 and 1870, and a school for carabineros from 1886. Its holdings are organised into divisions devoted to Military Aeronautics, the Civil War, the Ministry of the Air, the air regions, personnel, justice and private archives.

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